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The Senior Pastor of The Second Coming of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, has said the United States President, Donald Trump, should have declared Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) as far back as 2020.
Pastor Giwa stated this while addressing his congregation in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Saturday night.
According to Pastor Giwa: “Nigeria was designated as a Country of Particular Concern by the United States. Before America will designate any country, you should know that they have enough evidence to prove that.
“In 2020, I wrote a three-page letter to former President Donald Trump during his first term. I asked him to have mercy on Nigerians, especially Christians because the way Boko Haram terrorists, Fulani terrorists, were killing our Christian brothers in Northern Nigeria was surprising. Trump ought to have designated Nigeria since 2020.”
The cleric recalled that his letter to the then Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, was dismissed at the time.
“I wrote the three-page letter then while in the US, you can Google it. When the story came out, the then president, Buhari was demanding for my head. He said I was lying that nothing of such happened,” he said.
Pastor Giwa further mentioned the names of some Christian leaders who were reportedly killed by terrorists in the northern part of the country.
He added: “I came up yesterday to bring out a few names among the Christian leaders Fulani terrorists have killed so far in Nigeria. They have killed thousands of Christians.
“Rev Bala Galadima was killed by Boko Haram, Rev Lawal Andimi was executed. They asked him are you still going to believe in Jesus Christ? We want you to denounce your faith that you are not serving Jesus Christ again. Despite tying his hands, he insisted that he would serve Jesus Christ till death and he was beheaded.
“Pastor Clement Ukwu was killed, Father Joseph Bako was killed, Christopher Godiya was also killed, Father Isaac Ajim was killed, Rev Michael and others were killed in this Nigeria and nothing happened.
“The people who killed them, the government was giving them amnesty, they called them repentant Boko Haram. They now employed them into the Nigerian Army.
“I want to commend Trump for this bold step that his government has taken to designate Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern. They are angry now but don’t be surprised, America may order a military invasion.”
The cleric maintained that the latest U.S. position on Nigeria’s religious freedom validates his earlier warnings about the rising persecution of Christians in the country.