‘Stop Normalizing Terror’- X User Chides Tinubu’s Media Adviser, Sunday Dare
Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication to President Tinubu has been rebuked by an X User on Wednesday over his comments on the alleged genocide in Nigeria as ‘amplifying falsehoods’.
US Senator Ted Cruz had accused Nigerian government officials of facilitating the mass murder of Christians by Islamist jihadists in a statement supported by a video as an illustration.
He wrote on his handle, “Since 2009, over 50,000 Christians in Nigeria have been massacred, and over 18,000 churches and 2,000 Christian schools have been destroyed.
“It is the result of decisions made by specific people, in specific places, at specific times—and it says a great deal about who is lashing out now that a light is being shone on these issues.
“The United States knows who those people are, and I intend to hold them accountable.
https://x.com/SundayDareSD/status/1975798284795928953?t=hvU9_T-Xfvw6UtOY4qNgLA&s=19
In a swift reaction, the Nigerian Presidency adviser on media, Dare tagged the post and knocked both Senator Ted Cruz and Bill Maher et al on their claims asking them not to engage in careless rhetorics but engage with facts.
He stressed that ‘Nigeria is not witnessing a Christian genocide’ on the contrary but rather ‘confronting terrorism that targets everyone.’
This, however, unsettles an X User identified as Lorsheen Beston who said Dare is internationally rejecting Nigeria’s genocide claims by “normalizing evil” and “rewarding terror”.
He wrote:
“The outright rejection of genocide claims in Nigeria is only aimed at normalising evil and rewarding terror .Though you value the image of the government you serve the opposition from Government only increase what the people are going through”
https://x.com/Bestonikyemar/status/1975945875366228038?t=xipsvSa1s8rrKZbLXw8byQ&s=19
Also, the Christian Association of Nigeria’s President Daniel Okoh had expressed his displeasure on the continuous killings calling on the government ‘to take urgent, transparent, and equitable action to end the killings, safeguard vulnerable Christian communities from displacement, and ensure that perpetrators face the full weight of the law.’
Okoh added that in order to demonstrate CAN’s consistent advocacy for justice, peace, and the protection of Christian communities under threat, the Association has established mechanisms for recording incidents of religiously motivated killings, engaged with international partners.
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