The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, has said the claim of Christian genocide in Nigeria is a failure of intelligence gathering by the United States.
Issa–Onilu made this disclosure during a press conference in Abuja to refute redesignation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” by the United States Government.
According to him, the allegations are false and unfair to Nigeria, noting that even the US was aware that there was no systematic persecution of Christians in the country.
He said, “Let me speak specifically to some of the import of the tweet.
“One is to say that the Christian genocide in Nigeria, I’m sure even America knows that is not true. This is not the first time that the intelligence of the United States has failed America.
“It failed them in Iraq. And it turned out that there were no weapons of mass destruction, and they apologized.
“It failed them in Libya and many other instances. So, I’m sure this is another error in their intelligence gathering,” Issa-Onilu added.
The DG further stated that the recent shake-up among Nigeria’s security chiefs demonstrated that the country was working seriously to strengthen its internal security and address communal and religious violence.
He said, “A country that is not working seriously on the issue of security will not take such drastic steps as the President just took last week. He had changed the top echelons of the military to ensure that the system is rejigged and empowered to do more.”