RE:Nigeria joins 'Islamic coalition' against terror

President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that #Nigeria has joined the 'Islamic Coalition' against terrorism being championed by #Saudi_Arabia. Buhari made the disclosure during an interview with #Aljareeza, which was broadcast at the weekend.

When asked whether Nigeria was part of the coalition, Buhari said: “We are part of it because we’ve got terrorists in Nigeria that everybody knows which claim that they are Islamic.

“So, if there’s an 'Islamic coalition' to fight terrorism, Nigeria will be part of it because we are casualties of Islamic terrorism,” he added.

On whether Nigeria became a member of the coalition during his meeting with King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia recently, Buhari said “yes.”

Buhari’s admission of Nigeria’s membership of the Islamic coalition came barely two weeks after an official Presidency statement seemed to suggest that Buhari had turned down the invitation to be part of the coalition.

A statement issued by the Senior Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu, during the president’s trip to Saudi Arabia had said that Buhari had pledged Nigeria’s support for the coalition even if it would not be part of it.

The statement had said that two leaders who engaged in extensive discussions on regional and global issues also agreed that terrorism posed a common threat to their states and would require close cooperation to prevail over the threats.

It observed that President Buhari who was making his first pronouncement on the invitation to join the coalition of Islamic states against terror spearheaded by the Saudis congratulated the Kingdom on its formation.

The statement quoted Buhari thus: “Even if we are not a part of it, we support you. I must thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the recent creation of a coalition to address the menace of international terrorism. Nigeria will support your efforts in keeping peace and stopping the spread of terror in your region. This is in consonance with our own commitment and on-going efforts in seeking to stamp out Boko Haram terrorists from the West African sub-region and Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC).”

While in Saudi Arabia Nigerian President Buhari told the world that Nigerian will not be part of the fraudulent & suspicious Saudi-led 'Islamic coalition' & this weekend the same Buhari told Al Jazeera that Nigeria has joined the Saudi-led coalition. This glaring policy contradiction showed the evil intentions of the Nigerian President.

It is important to note that Saudi Arabia do not have any credential for fighting against Wahhabi-inspired terrorism. In fact it is common knowledge that the Saudi regime is among those funding both #ISIS & #AlQaeda, two of the most murderous groups that are killing innocent people in the name of #Islam. All murderous terrorist groups in the world are inspired by Saudi-sponsored Wahhabism then how can the same Saudi Arabia led a military coalition against them?

It was obvious that the Nigerian President Buhari made this decision to join the fraudulent Saudi-led 'Islamic coalition' without consulting the Nigerian Parliament or any stakeholders in Nigeria. And his decision to join the coalition has nothing to do with the fight against the #BokoHaram insurgency, the Nigerian President Buhari has just dragged Nigeria into the narrow dangerous Saudi Wahhabi agenda with the sole purpose of containing the ascendancy of #Iran. The Nigerian President Buhari is desperate to turn Nigeria into a Saudi Emirate without considering the religious heterogeneousity of the Nigerian state and its diverse components.

Finally, it is upto Nigerians to oppose this dangerous move by the Nigerian President & the intolerant Wahhabi cabals around him. This pronouncement by Buhari is bad news for Nigeria and all Nigerians who have the love of the country at heart should condemn & reject the quest of Buhari to turn Nigeria into a Banana Republic that will take orders from the savage Saudi tyrant who know nothing about freedom, democracy and human rights.

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Harun Elbinawi
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