By Paul Joseph
Nigeria’s First Lady, Remi Tinubu, has called on the United States to increase military strikes against terrorists and bandits in northern Nigeria.
During an interview with Fox News while visiting the U.S., Mrs. Tinubu referred to the airstrikes ordered by President Donald Trump on Christmas Day as a significant blessing for Nigeria.
“Nigeria is eager for collaboration and we hope for more support,” she stated, emphasizing that the Christmas Day bombing was “quite a blessing.”
The First Lady participated in the National Prayer Breakfast with President Trump on Thursday, where he acknowledged her attendance positively.
Earlier, President Trump had warned that U.S. airstrikes in northern Nigeria would persist if terrorists and bandits continued to target Christians. “I would prefer it to be a one-time strike,” Trump remarked in January, “but if they keep killing Christians, it will be repeated.”
On Christmas Day, Trump announced that U.S. military forces had conducted airstrikes against terrorist targets in northwestern Nigeria, marking the first direct U.S. military action on Nigerian territory.
In a statement on his Truth Social platform, Trump indicated that the strikes were aimed at ISIS fighters responsible for the deaths of innocent Christians in the area.
He noted that these attacks followed prior warnings to terrorist organizations and described the operation as a gift, asserting that under his leadership, radical terrorism would not be permitted to flourish.
Subsequent reports indicated that U.S. intelligence flights had been monitoring Nigerian airspace since November, shortly after Trump had threatened military action against the country’s terror groups.
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