With all due respect to Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN — this letter is not a defence of truth; it’s a denial of pain.
When a sitting Minister writes to
@realDonaldTrump, not to address the blood on the streets, but to polish the image of a government knee-deep in ethnic and religious tension, it reveals everything wrong with the elite bubble that rules Nigeria.
Mr. Keyamo, you speak of awards, positions, and religious balance — but none of those statistics comfort the widows of Plateau, Benue, Southern Kaduna, or the displaced thousands from Borno to Taraba whose only “crime” was living in the wrong region at the wrong time. Whether they were Christians, Muslims, or traditional worshippers, Nigerians are being killed — and government spin cannot bury the graves.
The question isn’t whether Christians are officially targeted — the question is: why has Nigeria become a killing field where faith, ethnicity, and geography determine who lives or dies? Why does impunity flourish while justice dies a slow death in the files of the DSS, police, and military investigations that never see daylight?
You say Boko Haram is “decimated.” Yet, every week, we bury civilians and soldiers in numbers too painful to count. You say Tinubu’s appointments prove religious tolerance — but Nigerians measure governance not by diversity in cabinet photos, but by security in their streets.
The world doesn’t need propaganda letters, sir. What it needs is sincerity, accountability, and courage from leaders who will admit failure and fix it. Pretending that persecution or injustice doesn’t exist only deepens the wounds of those still bleeding.
Let’s be clear: Nigeria’s problem isn’t religion. It’s failed leadership wrapped in religious narratives to mask incompetence.
So, Mr. Minister, before writing another letter to Washington, try writing a truthful one to the Nigerian people — they deserve it.
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