The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesome Wike’s proposals to collaborate with Israeli security specialists on security issues have been criticised by the Nigerian Islamic group Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).
This was announced by MURIC in a press release issued on Thursday in Abuja by Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the organization’s executive director.
“The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesome Wike, revealed Wednesday that he was putting the finishing touches on a partnership with Israeli security professionals to bolster security in Abuja.
“We like to warn that such cooperation with the state of Israel will exacerbate Nigeria’s security issue by escalating it from a local crisis to an international fracas engineered by MOSSAD (Israel’s secret spies), with the likelihood that Nigeria will become the focus of competition for international espionage organisations like the American CIA and the Russian SVR and FSB.
“We think Wike is wooing the Israelis now because, like the majority of Nigerian Christians, he thinks Israel is a Christian state when it’s not, and vice versa. It is undeniable that Judaism is the only religion that Israel acknowledges and honours.
Christians in Israel are constantly being attacked, he claimed, citing the recent incident of Jews spitting on Christian visitors in Jerusalem on Wednesday, September 4.
“To top it all off, Israel’s haughty demeanour at the UN, where it ignores the body’s resolutions, is legendary,” Akintola continued. Israeli brutality towards Palestinians has been denounced in at least 45 UN resolutions.
The best security partner for us in Nigeria cannot be a terrorist state. To get the Israelis to Rivers State, Wike should travel. In Nigeria, Christians and Muslims alike face an existential threat from Israel.
