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Trump's invasion threat on Nigeria, a recolonisation gambit - Foundation 

By Our Reporter 

A group, under the aegis of African Sociocultural Harmony and Enlightenment (ASHE) Foundation, has said that the United States (US) President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention in Nigeria, purportedly to stop Christian genocide, is a disguise for continuing centuries of Asiatic imperialism aimed at African resources. 

ASHE said this in a release signed by its President, Prince Justice Faloye, copy of which was made available to newsmen, noting that this invasion threat masked a deeper clash between European Abrahamic crusaders and Afro Asiatic Abrahamic jihadists competing for control in Nigeria. 

According to the sociocultural think-tank, the ethnic cleansing in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, often labeled Christian genocide, is mischaracterized when framed solely through religious dogma, saying that the crisis would not have reached this stage if the Nigerian government had responded to calls for restructuring and established State Police to curb insecurity and ethnic violence.

The Foundation accused the US President, Donald Trump, of pursuing a recolonization strategy akin to the 19th-Century European scramble for Africa, emphasizing that the ongoing geopolitical contest involving Russia’s influence in French Sahel countries and Western efforts was to secure a foothold in Nigeria.

ASHE explained that, while some people interpreted Trump's condemnation of Northern Nigeria’s Islamic leadership as tied to refusal to support interventions in neighboring Muslim-majority nations, the pattern revealed a broader, long-term struggle between Christian and Muslim Abrahamic civilizations for indigenous African land and resources.

Citing recent violence, the group highlighted that Afroasiatic herdsmen have targeted indigenous African Muslims as well as Christians, aiming to culturally annihilate native populations and seize their land.

Speaking further, ASHE also raised concerns over the U.S. Embassy construction in Lagos, likened to a foreign military base, questioning why such a vast facility was being built outside Nigeria’s capital.

It condemned political manipulations within Nigeria, alleging the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of complicity with foreign interests that allegedly imported Islamic terrorists to destabilize the previous government and secure power for the ruling party. 

The Foundation, while condemning Western powers for playing both sides, arming terrorists to disrupt African governance while portraying themselves as saviors, however, warned that refusal to restructure and establish State Police risks deepening Nigeria’s vulnerability to foreign intervention and further ethnic violence. 

The group further warned that any U.S. invasion would cause massive casualties, religious and ethnic wars, and international instability, and could incite racial conflict within the US itself, given the deep Nigerian heritage of African Americans. 

ASHE Foundation, while calling on Nigeria to regain sovereignty through restructuring and creation of State Police to protect its citizens and democracy from foreign interference, encouraged unity among Nigerians to resist becoming pawns in global power struggles and to support reforms that enable peaceful coexistence and secure Nigeria’s future.