A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Lai Olurode, has said Nigerians seeking external help over insecurity in the country must draw valuable lessons from the invasion of Venezuela and the seizure of its President, Nicolas Maduro, by the Donald Trump administration of the United States of America.
Olurode, in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Sunday, said those calling on Trump to rescue the Christian population and protect Nigeria should have a rethink.
He said with the invasion of Venezuela, it is obvious that America’s primary concern and motivation “is the control of global energy resources.”
He further said, unlike most of its predecessors in office, Trump does not respect the right of nations to be themselves, adding that “America’s attack on Venezuela and the seizure of President Nicolas Maduro is indefensible on any rational ground.”
The statement further read, “With the invasion of Venezuela and the seizure of its President together with its oil fields, the very notions of sovereignty, tolerance of diversity, and democracy have been reduced to a balderdash.
“It is now evident that America is neither after weapons of mass destruction nor interested in the claim of Christian genocide in Nigeria. America’s primary concern and motivation is the control of global energy resources. Unlike most of its predecessors in office, President Trump does not respect the right of nations to be themselves.”
He added, “The notion of sovereignty of nations isn’t in his dictionary. He is desperate to return the world to the era of Darwinism, indeed, the survival of the fittest. The rights of small and weak nations are vulnerable to being trampled upon at will under Trump. Ostensibly, Trump’s target energy resources, but it’s obvious that this is even a smokescreen for global hegemony in knowledge production, communication and culture.
“Trump wants to erase diverse lenses of viewing the world. Trump’s philosophical conviction as a realist cannot help but be an impediment to global peaceful coexistence. With Trump’s aggressive behaviour, no country, even in Europe, will ultimately be safe. I thereby call on all civilised nations to join hands in the promotion of civilisation, global peace and the right of nations to govern themselves, and thus the commitment to popular empowerment.
“Nigerians who are calling on America to come to Nigeria and rescue its Christian population and protect Nigeria from internal colonialism, should have a rethink. America and its cronies in and outside Nigeria are narrowly for America’s Caucasian population and not the generality of even Americans.”
He insisted that America’s attack on Venezuela and the seizure of Maduro remain indefensible on any rational ground.
