President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States military ended the killing of Christians in Nigeria through operations that targeted the leaders of violent groups responsible for the attacks.
Trump made the remark on Friday during an event in Washington, where he highlighted his administration’s security operations and counterterrorism efforts in different parts of the world.
According to the US President, American intervention in Nigeria helped halt attacks on Christian communities in areas affected by insurgency and violent extremism.
“As you know, we recently struck Nigeria and largely ended the slaughter of great Christian populations,” Trump said.
He described the situation before the alleged intervention as severe, claiming that thousands of Christians, including women, children and the elderly, had been killed in brutal attacks.
“They have a great Christian population. They were being butchered. Thousands and thousands of people were being killed, children, women, old people, just being slaughtered,” he said.
Trump added that the operation dealt a major blow to those behind the attacks by eliminating key figures within their ranks.
“We hit them very hard. We knocked out their leader. We knocked out their second leader and their third leader.
“They know that if they go further, the attack will be far greater, and they don’t want to get involved anymore so much,” he added.
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