Catholic Archbishop of Lagos raises alarm over spike in terrorist attacks since Trump’s threat

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins, has raised the alarm that terrorist attacks in Nigeria have been on the increase since the United States president, Donald Trump threatened attack on the country.

The cleric warned the President Bola Tinubu administration not to treat the dangerous trend of terrorist attacks with levity.

Archbishop Martins called for more urgent official measures to curb the alarming rate of insecurity across the country, in a statement on Saturday.

He said the festering terrorists’ attacks in parts of the country have underlined the need for the federal government and the security agencies to, as a matter of urgency, identify and deal decisively with the terrorists and their sponsors.

Archbishop Martins lamented the attacks at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, and St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, where students were abducted.

“It is a matter of great concern that there has been a spike in the cases of terrorist attacks across the country in recent times, especially since the threat made by President Donald Trump,” the cleric said.

“It seems there are some elements who are making deliberate efforts to throw this nation into chaos.

“For instance, how does one describe the manner in which the school girls were kidnapped, the brutal murder of a staff member, the school’s Vice Principal and Chief Security Officer, Hassan Yakubu Makuku, who was shot when assailants broke into his residence on the school premises?”