United State Withheld Security Assistance To Nigeria
The Federal Government has explained the letter from United states Congressman Tom Marino to Secretary of State John Kerry, asking the US to withhold security assistance to Nigeria, on the strength of some imaginary infraction by the Buhari Administration, as out of tune with current realities.
In the statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Congressman Marino was poorly informed and urged him to get first hand information from the US Embassy in Nigeria or any other credible source before engaging in what is nothing but “a propaganda of his own imagination.”
The Minister said the Congressman has demonstrated a poor understanding of global security issues by asking the US to refrain from selling warplanes and other military equipment to Nigeria based on a faulty premise.
‘’Insecurity anywhere is insecurity everywhere. Had Congressman Marino understood this, he would not have made the kind of call he made concerning the US security assistance to Nigeria. The Boko Haram insurgency that Nigeria has decisively dealt with under President Muhammadu Buhari is not just a Nigerian problem but a regional and international crisis,’’.
In the statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Congressman Marino was poorly informed and urged him to get first hand information from the US Embassy in Nigeria or any other credible source before engaging in what is nothing but “a propaganda of his own imagination.”
The Minister said the Congressman has demonstrated a poor understanding of global security issues by asking the US to refrain from selling warplanes and other military equipment to Nigeria based on a faulty premise.
‘’Insecurity anywhere is insecurity everywhere. Had Congressman Marino understood this, he would not have made the kind of call he made concerning the US security assistance to Nigeria. The Boko Haram insurgency that Nigeria has decisively dealt with under President Muhammadu Buhari is not just a Nigerian problem but a regional and international crisis,’’.
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