Nigeria has no history of foreign invasion, can’t be called disgraced – Shehu Sani

Former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, has faulted United States President Donald Trump’s threat of military intervention in Nigeria if the alleged genocide against Christians is not stopped in the country.

Sani’s reaction, posted on X on Monday, directly addresses Trump’s statement on Truth Social, which warned that the U.S. “may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists.”

The human rights activist based his condemnation on an appeal to national pride and historical accountability, particularly rejecting the President’s description of the country 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’.