The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore has claimed that the US military airstrikes in Sokoto State were carried out without the consent of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
DAILY POST reports that the US military launched major airstrikes on terrorists in Sokoto State on Christmas night.
President Donald Trump and the US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, announced the operations in separate posts on Thursday night.
Subsequently, the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the military airstrikes in a statement, saying the operation followed cooperation between Nigeria and the US.
However, Sowore in a statement posted on his official X, countered the government, stating that Nigeria’s sovereignty was violated by the US government.
He wrote, “Although the Nigerian government now claims it was aware and describes the operation as a joint effort with vague “international partners,” it is evident that the strikes were carried out without the genuine authority or informed consent of the weaklings masquerading as government under Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“My position remains unchanged. Judging by the nature of the confirmed strike on a village in Sokoto, it is clear that the U.S. President under whose authority this operation occurred neither understands nor genuinely cares about Nigeria or Nigerians.
“It is deeply troubling that Nigeria (Africa’s most populous nation) lacks the capable and sovereign leadership required to protect its people and its territory.
“As a result, the country has been reduced to a bystander while its sovereignty is violated under the direction of U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
“I reiterate: only true, tested, and informed leadership can protect Nigerians—not imperiled, jaundiced neoconservatives operating from Washington, D.C”.
US military airstrikes: Nigeria’s sovereignty violated – Sowore counters FG’s awareness claim
