A United States Congressman, Bill Huizenga, has described the recent airstrikes against terrorists in Nigeria’s Northwest as clear evidence that the United States is taking insecurity and killings in the country seriously.
Huizenga made the statement on Friday via his verified X (formerly Twitter) account while reacting to the coordinated precision strikes carried out by the US military in Nigeria.
According to the lawmaker, the operation was aimed at protecting Christians from attacks by radical Islamist groups operating in parts of the country.
Nigerian Newssphere reports that US President Donald Trump had earlier announced that American forces had conducted military strikes in Nigeria.
In his post, Huizenga wrote: “Today, in coordination with the Nigerian government, President Trump and the US military took decisive action to protect Christians from radical Islamists in Nigeria.
“The Congressional Delegation I led to Nigeria this past weekend provided insight that some attitudes inside the Nigerian Government are beginning to turn in favor of protecting Christians in addition to taking actions against those terrorizing Christians and moderate Muslims.
“As I have said previously, the US was too late in Rwanda and too late in South Sudan.
“This strike demonstrates the United States is taking the targeted killings in Nigeria seriously.”
