The Convener of The Alternative, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has quoted the US Congressman Riley Moore as saying the Nigerian Presidency may be underestimating the gravity of the worsening security situation across the country, especially in the North, warning that current approaches are insufficient.
Moore, Showunmi also disclosed, emphasised the need for Nigeria to be sincere with the United States in tackling the country’s worsening security and humanitarian situation.
While further sharing his views with our correspondent in Jos on Sunday after the meeting, which he explained took place in the United States, he added that the US views Nigeria’s internal crisis with unprecedented seriousness, describing Washington’s posture as “firm, focused, and deeply concerned.”
Their conclusion, he said, is that the situation in several regions—particularly Benue, Plateau, Southern Kaduna, the Middle Belt – and among moderate Muslim communities in the North—has escalated beyond normal security concerns.
He stated that the humanitarian impact of the violence has drawn significant global attention, with the U.S. no longer treating the matter as a political dispute but as a “structural crisis with far-reaching implications.”
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