African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain and Ovation magazine publisher, Dele Momodu, has fiercely dismissed allegations that the Nigerian opposition orchestrated President Donald Trump’s recent comments about Christians being targeted by armed groups in Nigeria.
Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Friday, November 7, Momodu, who is the publisher of Ovation Magazine, stated that those pushing the narrative that the opposition is responsible for Trump’s comments have “run out of ideas.”
“Look, my brother, anyone who sees opposition behind this is just being clear that they have run out of ideas,” Momodu said.
He questioned the logic of the accusation, specifically asking, “The opposition that is trying to put its act together now has time to go to Washington?” He accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of habitually blaming others for national issues, including their own predecessors.
Momodu urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to cease politicizing serious issues and instead focus on addressing the worsening insecurity across the nation.
“If you know of a man called El-Buba in Jos, I’ve been to his church before. He has cried out that Christians are being targeted and wiped out,” the ADC chieftain argued.
“He never said Muslims aren’t being killed, but life has become so cheap that even when 100 people die, the president can still travel that night. No empathy, no sympathy. That’s what opposition is talking about — and it has nothing to do with politics.”
Momodu’s comments directly respond to earlier allegations made by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Earlier in the week, Wike alleged on Channels Television’s Politics Today that the opposition was indeed behind Trump’s move to brand the killings in Nigeria as a Christian genocide, describing it as “politics taken too far.”
When asked if he believed the opposition was responsible, Wike replied, “It is very obvious, and I have said this.”
He then offered his theory: “The opposition today has seen that no party is prepared to challenge the President returning to power… ‘What do we do? Should we allow him to just go in like that without challenges? We must do something, and one of the things to do is bring up such a thing that will divide the country.’”
