According to a report by Nigeria Tribune, on Sunday November 2, 2025, former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode has declared that Nigerians will fight back if the United States attempts to invade the country, following President Donald Trump’s directive to the Department of War to prepare for potential military action against Nigeria.
Trump announced on Saturday that he had instructed the Pentagon to begin planning for possible military operations in Nigeria, accusing the government of failing to address what he described as the killing of Christians.
The U.S. president warned that America would immediately halt all aid and assistance to Nigeria if attacks on Christians continued, and threatened to go into the country “guns-a-blazing” to eliminate Islamic terrorists.
Responding to Trump’s threat in a post on social media platform X on Sunday, Fani-Kayode strongly condemned the U.S. president’s statements.
The former minister stated that if Washington carried out its military threat, Nigerians would not flee but would instead stand their ground and engage in armed resistance.
In his words “My response to her was as follows. ‘You are right. They are evil and, if he carries out his abominable threat, there will be a war. We shall not leave the country but we will fight it out with them” he said.
Fani-Kayode criticized what he viewed as Nigerian complacency in the face of international pressure and called for bold leadership to confront foreign intimidation.
He suggested that Trump’s actions were influenced by geopolitical allies, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and questioned why the U.S. administration had not applied similar labels to violence in Sudan while focusing on Nigeria.
Trump’s military threat came after Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu pushed back against the designation, stating that characterizing Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect the country’s reality.
Tinubu emphasized that religious freedom and tolerance are core tenets of Nigeria’s collective identity and that the country has constitutional guarantees protecting citizens of all faiths.
A spokesperson for Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed the government’s commitment to protecting all citizens regardless of race, creed, or religion.
Nigerian authorities maintain that like America, Nigeria celebrates diversity as its greatest strength. View, More,
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