Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has said that the Nigerian President was “far ahead of the orchestrated game unfolding in America,” following renewed pressure from the United States over alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
His remarks follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to re-designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), along with threats to cut off all forms of U.S. aid to the nation.
Trump went further, issuing a grave warning that the United States “may very well go into that now disgraced country guns-a-blazing, to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists killing Christians.”
Reacting in a post on his X account on Sunday, November 2, Onanuga stated that President Tinubu had already anticipated the international attention and criticism surrounding Nigeria’s security landscape. He noted that Tinubu had earlier given firm and uncompromising directives to the newly appointed service chiefs.
“President Bola Tinubu was well ahead of the orchestrated game unfolding in America, as he told the new service chiefs on Thursday what Nigerians expect of them. No more excuses. Nigerians want results,” Onanuga wrote.
He also shared a portion of President Tinubu’s address to the military leadership, in which the President urged them to confront emerging security threats with urgency and innovation:
“Security threats are constantly evolving, constantly mutating. Of grave concern to our administration is the recent emergence of new armed groups in the North-Central, North-West, and parts of the South. We must not allow these new threats to fester. We must be decisive and proactive. Let us smash the new snakes right in the head,” Tinubu said.
Tinubu further tasked the security forces to leverage technology and new strategies in combating insurgency, assuring them of the government’s full support in achieving meaningful progress.
The President’s firm stance comes amid growing criticism from some right-wing lawmakers in the U.S., who maintain that Christians in Nigeria are facing severe and systematic persecution.
In October, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025, a bill seeking sanctions against Nigerian officials alleged to be enabling the “mass murder of Christians.”
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