Former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, says Nigeria must not be subjected to external aggression under any pretext.
This was as he rejected the idea of any foreign military intervention in the country.
Sani said this in a statement on his verified X handle on Monday, stressing that history would one day judge everyone for their stance on the sensitive and urgent issues confronting the country.
He affirmed that he wished to be remembered as one of those who unequivocally opposed what he described as President Donald Trump’s “foreign military aggression” toward Nigeria.
The former lawmaker also rejected Trump’s description of Nigeria as a “disgraced country,” stressing that no citizen who honours the land of their birth should accept such a label.
“My country is not a ‘disgraced country’ and will never be a ‘disgraced country.
“Anyone who is proud of the mother who gave him life in his ancestral land will not accept his land being called disgraced,” he said.
According to him, Nigeria has never colonised, enslaved, invaded, or bombed other nations, nor plundered their resources, and therefore does not deserve to be spoken of in such terms.
Sani urged the Nigerian government to intensify efforts to safeguard citizens and reinforce national security, describing Nigeria as “the only country we can live in without a visa or request for a visa.”
He said, “As a democrat, I respect the views of those who think otherwise. But I will never share in the opinion of those who support foreign aggression and I want history to record it that way.”
