Dele Momodu, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and publisher of Ovation magazine, has strongly refuted allegations that Nigeria’s opposition parties engineered President Donald Trump’s recent comments alleging that Christians are being targeted by armed groups in Nigeria.
Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Friday, November 7, Momodu said those suggesting the opposition influenced Trump’s remarks have “run out of ideas.”
“Anyone claiming the opposition is behind this is simply showing how bereft of ideas they are,” he said.
Momodu questioned the logic behind the accusation, asking how an opposition still trying to reorganize itself would have the time or capacity to influence political narratives in Washington. He accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of habitually shifting blame for national problems.
He urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to stop politicizing serious security concerns and instead confront the escalating violence across the country.
Citing the example of Jos-based cleric El-Buba, Momodu said the pastor has repeatedly cried out about Christians being targeted. “He never claimed Muslims aren’t also being killed, but life has become so cheap that even after 100 people die, the president can still travel that night. No empathy, no sympathy. That’s what the opposition is talking about — not politics.”
Momodu’s reaction follows allegations made earlier in the week by Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike.
Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Wike had claimed that the opposition was behind Trump’s labeling of the killings in Nigeria as a “Christian genocide,” calling it “politics taken too far.”
When asked to clarify, Wike insisted: “It is very obvious.” He suggested the opposition was attempting to create division because it believes no political party is currently prepared to challenge President Tinubu in the next election.
According to Wike, the opposition’s strategy is: “We must do something. One of the things to do is bring up such an issue that will divide the country.”
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