Dare Babalola
Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna Central, has expressed strong opposition to US President Donald Trump’s veiled threat of military action against Nigeria, citing concerns over the country’s sovereignty and the potential consequences of external intervention.
This was contained in a post he shared via X on Monday where he rejected President Trump’s description of Nigeria as a “now disgraced country.”
“Someday we will all be gone. The future generations, including our children and grandchildren, will read about all that we posted and ask questions about where we stood on the urgent and controversial matters in this moment of our lifetime.
“I want history to record me among those who outrightly opposed, reject and unreservedly condemn any act of Mr Trump’s foreign military aggression against my country under any guise, disguise or excuse,” Sani wrote.
He pushed back against the “disgraced country” label, arguing that Nigeria, unlike some other nations, has no history of colonisation or large-scale foreign invasion.
He said, “My country is not a ‘disgraced country’ and will never be a ‘disgraced country.’ Anyone who is proud of his mother, who gave birth to him after months of labour in his ancestral land, will not accept his land being called ‘disgraced’.
“We are not a nation that has ever colonised, enslaved or invaded any country or countries and dropped bombs and killed millions of people and plundered their resources. Without such a record against other countries, we can’t be called ‘disgraced’.”
He acknowledged Nigeria’s security crisis and stated that the country will “welcome any support and assistance to our security forces that will help in crushing and annihilating terrorists in our country.”
He also urged the Nigerian government to “step up efforts to protect the lives of our people and secure our country, which is the only country we can live without a visa or request for a visa.
“As a democrat, I respect but will never share the opinion of those who think otherwise, and want history to register them as supporters of foreign aggression.”
