Partner Nig On Intelligence Gathering Not Threats Of Military Invasion- NCPC Boss

The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC has called on the United States and its allies to partner Nigeria in
intelligence sharing, counterterrorism training, and humanitarian aid and not threats of Military invasion.

The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, who made the call while briefing newsmen in Abuja, said Nigeria is grappling security challenges and not religious war.

According to him, Nigeria is a complex, multi-ethnic democracy with more than 220 million citizens and over 250 ethnic nationalities with Christians and Muslims living together.

He expressed worry that
reckless military action or misinformed intervention from abroad could destabilise the West African sub-region.

According to Bishop Adegbite, ‘When a global figure such as President Trump describes Nigeria’s crisis
as a “Christian genocide,” it risks inflaming divisions and painting our
multi-faith nation as a place of religious war
which it is not. Such
rhetoric, combined with talk of foreign military involvement, is not only
unhelpful but dangerous.”

Bishop Adegbite explained that Nigeria’s crisis was not a religious war but a national security emergency rooted in terrorism and criminality.

He stressed that “the Nigerian Government’s ongoing military operations against insurgency and banditry in the North-East, North-West, and Middle Belt. So far, several terrorist leaders have been neutralised, kidnappers
arrested, and communities resettled.”

The NCPC boss stressed that Nigeria’s religious leaders stand united against violence as Christian leaders work closely with their Muslim counterparts
under the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council.

Florence Adewale, Edited By Grace Namiji