Igbo women, under the umbrella of Igbo Women Assembly (IWA), have lauded President Donald Trump of the United States of America for designating Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) over Christian genocide and his threat of a possible military action.

In a statement, IWA’s President, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, took a swipe at the Nigerian Government for “turning a blind eye to unprovoked attacks against Christians in Nigeria by Islamic fundamentalists until Trump made a threat”.

She said Igbo women appreciated Trump for speaking out against the killing of Christians and indigenous Nigerians, adding that anybody denying genocidal killings in Nigeria must be an accomplice.

Chimezie applauded Trump for putting the Nigerian government on its toes, noting that before now the nation’s leadership has maintained studied silence over the atrocities.

“These atrocities were also scarcely mentioned in the mainstream global media. We complained, they tagged us separatists, while the mainstream media dismissed the systematic genocides as herder-farmer clashes.”

IWA berated the Nigerian Government for having to wait until Trump raised his voice before bringing the issue to the front burner.

“It’s shameful that it takes the American President’s tweet for the Nigerian Government to talk about the senseless killings of its own citizens by blood-thirsty terrorists. So, without Trump, these atrocities would have continued and we will be here making noise about 2027.”

IWA noted that evidence of genocidal killings of Christians in Nigeria “is overwhelming.”

“We concur completely with Trump on this because the way people are being killed, slaughtered like fowls, is unprecedented. Even cows are killed with some respect. But these heartless murderers cut human lives like grass. Yet our government does nothing except media propaganda.

“These same jihadists are responsible for the atrocities from the Middle Belt to the South East. They have taken over our forests and driven away our farmers, destroying their crops and causing food insecurity all over the land.”

IWA challenged those trying to rationalize the killings to juxtapose the casualty figures of Christians and others to prove their argument.

“The casualty figures speak for itself. From 2009 when these killings started till date, let those denying Christian genocide tell us how many mosques that were burnt down and compare it to hundreds of church buildings that have been razed down.

“Those claiming that Muslims are also being killed should show Trump a Muslim-dominated area in the North that was attacked the way we have Christian communities destroyed in Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Benue and even in the South East.

IWA queried, “Is it because our president and his vice are all Muslims that they are not speaking up for the suffering Christians in Nigeria whose lives are being hunted by jihadists disguising as herdsmen?”

The women renewed their earlier call for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, adding that Kanu had been vocal against genocidal killings by jihadists masquerading as herdsmen.

IWA appealed to Trump to prevail on the Nigerian government to free Kanu, who, according to the women’s group, did nothing to warrant his ordeals. (The Sun)