Former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has stated that the United States (US) won't bring salvation to Nigeria, as some people erroneously believe.

MyNigeria reported that US President Donald Trump redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern on Friday. He also threatened to storm the country "Guns-a-blazing" if Nigerian authorities fail to stop the killing of Christians.

Reacting, Sowore revealed that what Nigeria needs is not a US intervention but accountable leadership that protects citizens.

He wrote on X, "The latest threat by U.S. President Donald Trump @POTUS to launch military action in Nigeria, allegedly to protect Christians, may sound appealing to some. Still, history has shown this to be perilous.

"Whether you are Christian, Muslim, animist, or non-religious, no one should celebrate such rhetoric. The United States and its allies have a long record of military interventions that leave nations more unstable than before. They failed to secure peace in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, or Syria, and they won’t bring salvation to Nigeria through bombs or boots on the ground.

"What Nigeria truly needs is not a foreign saviour, but legitimate, accountable leadership, one that protects all citizens, upholds justice, and ends the cycles of corruption and violence that have left the nation broken.

"@realDonaldTrump does not care about Nigerians not Christians, Muslims, or anyone else. Our deliverance will never come from abroad; it must come from within, through real leadership (not the Tinubus of this world) and national renewal. #RevolutionNow."


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