ADC Rebukes SGF for Blaming Trump Tweet Over Recent Attacks

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly rejected claims by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, that recent terror attacks in Kebbi and Kwara were caused by remarks from U.S. President Donald Trump.

In a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party called the SGF’s comments an “amateurish deflection” and a “shameless attempt” by the APC-led federal government to avoid responsibility.

The party said Akume’s stance was surprising and out of touch with Nigeria’s real security problems. “We find it quite appalling that the APC-led Federal Government now claims its security failures are caused by a tweet by the President of another country.

“This is a shameful abdication of responsibility, a confirmation that the Tinubu government is overwhelmed by the security situation in the country and is clueless how to go about solving it.”

The ADC listed years of worsening violence across the country mass kidnappings, killings and attacks on schools and places of worship  and said the situation has grown worse under the current government. It argued that blaming a single social media post ignores the deeper causes of the crisis.

“It is therefore disingenuous to blame one tweet for the state of insecurity in Nigeria.

“Those killing Nigerians did not need to be instigated by Trump; they were already actively encouraged by a government that consistently fails to act decisively to stop the carnage,” the statement continued.

The party also criticised the federal government for appearing to celebrate its electoral win while security collapses. It questioned the idea that a single foreign post could so easily disrupt Nigeria. “Are we so vulnerable that a social media post from Washington can easily turn our country upside down?” the ADC asked, and challenged the government to show what threat checks or steps it took if it truly believed the post posed a risk.

“This is what any serious government would do. It would not just wait for these opportunistic attacks to start shopping for who to blame for its incompetence,” Abdullahi stated.

In closing, the ADC said the true cause of the rising violence is domestic, not foreign. “There is no doubt about this, Nigeria is under siege because of the Tinubu-led APC government’s domestic negligence and incompetence rather than President Trump’s social media post.”