He added that he did not share the notion that Nigerian
Christians feel reassured by Trump’s offer of protection from “persecution”.

Omojuwa offered his perspective while posing a question to
Kevin Cramer, US senator, at the three-day Halifax International Security Forum
in Canada.

Omojuwa is a member of the Halifax Forum board.

Before the influencer’s comments, Cramer said Christians in
Nigeria today are probably feeling “pretty good” about Trump’s position.

Trump had threatened to send US troops “guns-a-blazing” into
Nigeria, a country he called “disgraced”, to wipe out the “Islamist terrorists”
he said were killing Christians.

In a clip of his response to Cramer shared on X on Monday,
Omojuwa said he offered a different view because he speaks as a Christian
living in Nigeria.

“I do not feel good about Donald Trump. He called Nigeria a
disgraced country. Frankly speaking, that’s not so bad, because he used to call
us a shit hole country. So it’s a kind of improvement,” Omojuwa said.

He followed by asking if powerful nations could offer
assistance more respectfully, and without doing so in a way that leaves others
worse off.

“For instance, America went to Libya. Libya has a causative
effect on the terrorism challenges Nigeria and the Sahel are facing. I don’t
want to talk about the other places America went to. Let’s just take it to
Nigeria,” he added.

“Since Donald Trump said what he said for Nigerian
Christians, Christians have been abducted in the church in the north-west of
Nigeria.

“Muslim students have been abducted. I do not speak to the
causation but there’s a correlation from the point Donald Trump spoke about
Nigeria’s challenges and the escalation of terrorism.

“So decency apart, there are rules of engagement, there’s a
rules based global order. Is there a way to speak about Nigeria, first of all,
in a respectful, decent way, not even just as president of America, but as a
human being?”

Omojuwa also pointed to the failed arms deal between the US
and Nigeria as playing a role in the weakened fight against terrorism.

“Is there a way to decently help Nigeria without making
things worse and without disrespecting Nigerian Christians and Muslims?” he
asked.

The US senator replied in the affirmative.

“The right words help. A more delicate way of saying
something is obviously better than a more brutal way,” Cramer said.

“A lot of people will say the right thing and do the wrong
thing. Other people will maybe say the wrong thing and mean to do the right
thing. Is there a better way to say? Certainly.”

However, the senator said he believed that foreign aid
assistance would be more effective in stemming terrorism, noting that he had
publicly disagreed with Trump multiple times on the aid cuts.

“I think, globally speaking, aid to friends, and would-be
friends, and possible friends is a bargain compared to munitions,” he said.

Cramer also posited that assistance would need to suit local
contexts.