President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said yesterday the Red chamber will take Trump’s threat to the executive arm of government since the issue bordered on foreign policy and diplomatic relations, and will require co-ordinated national response.
He said: “We have not discussed the issue of President Trump yet in chambers. We shall do so in combination with the executive because we believe it is a matter of foreign policy and diplomatic relations.
“I have refrained from taking any motion on that yet until we know the direction of government and what government intends to do.”
Akpabio noted that Trump’s position on Nigeria is not based on current realities but on an outdated report from 2010.
“The position is based on a purported 2010 report, 15 years ago, that they said some people came on fact-finding mission from the US Congress and went to only Plateau and Benue states; they did not go to Zamfara and other areas,’’ he said.
According to him, insecurity in Nigeria affects both Christians and Muslims and should not be viewed as a religious conflict.
Akpabio said further: “If you go to a predominantly Muslim community, terrorists and bandits cause you to kill people, the majority of those who die there will be Muslims.
“When you enter a predominantly Christian community such as in Benue and Plateau and then you cause mayhem, the majority of those who will die there will be Christians.”
