Terrorism: CESJET Commends Trump for Sales of Aircraft to Nigeria
The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and
Transparency (CESJET) has commended the United States President, Donald Trump,
for sanctioning the sale of 12 Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to Nigeria.
In a statement signed today in Abuja by
the Executive Secretary of the group,
Isaac Ikpa, the Centre said the signing off on the attack aircraft procurement has
opened a new vista of hope as the country battles an eight-year insurgency that
has ravaged the North-east region.
He also noted that the development was a testament
to Trump's commitment to his campaign promise to firmly deal with terrorism,
saying the group expects that the new
development would extend to other categories of military hardware to aid
Nigeria in war against terror.
The group said the defeat of Boko Haram in Nigeria
would move the world closer to stemming the tide of terrorism, stressing that
the relationship between Nigeria and the US would be further strengthened
towards the eradication of terrorism in the sub-region.
According to Ikpa, "In this regard, the US
president pragmatic approach should become the reference point everywhere in
the world. We testify that the Nigerian military has reformed while its human
rights record has tremendously improved under the current leadership, a
development that was never acknowledged by Amnesty International and the
international media circuit."
He added: "You have appropriately described
them as 'fraudulent mainstream media', purveyors of fake news, owing to your
experience with how they distort facts to suit their agenda.
"Such
agenda heavily tainted the reports that have been issued on Nigeria's
experience with combating terrorism. “Reports by organisations like Amnesty
International and others conflict with the reality on ground because they are
based on their maliciously biased judgment of the Nigerian state.
"Attitude and practices like these have no place
in the global anti-terror coalition envisaged by your administration, which you
clearly made known to the American people and the rest of the world from the
start."
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