A Nigerian man who is a soldier under the United Nations peacekeeping mission has vowed to quit his job as a military personnel if asked to follow the order of the US president, Donald Trump to fight in Nigeria amid the alleged genocide threat.
This comes after the US president claimed there is an ongoing genocide in Nigeria and urged the government to act immediately, warning that he would instruct the Department of War to take a certain step.
While the Nigerian government has dismissed claims of genocide, many individuals have continued to react to Donald Trump’s statement.
In a fresh statement, a Nigerian man who identified himself as a soldier declared that he would not fight against his home country.
According to a post on his Facebook page, Falegan Opeyemi David mentioned that he would quit the army if it came to that.
In his post, he revealed that he is from Ekiti, stating that his state is his life and source of strength, and that he would rather resign from the military than get involved in fighting Nigeria.
The soldier attached to the United Nations, explained that if Trump follows through with his threat, it would mean the UN would also get involved, and that could directly involve him.
However, he mentioned that he would defend his home country.
He wrote:
“If trump gets involved in Nigerian case , then United Nations get involved .
Imagine been ordered to wage war in ur home country , I will rather quit the military than fight in my home country , even thou terorist is the target, I might fight for my home country to conquer bandit and terorism
To be honest I will rather quit the military than get involved.
Nigeria is my hope. Ekiti is my life and source.”
As his post went viral, many individuals flooded the comment section to share their thoughts.
See the post below:
