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To: Les H who wrote (49855)	12/27/2025 10:04:11 AM
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Why bomb Sokoto? Trump’s strikes baffle Nigerians US missile attacks on Christmas Day hit a part of Nigeria’s north-west that is almost entirely Muslim Mustapha Gembu, a security analyst, said the choice of Sokoto was “highly questionable”. Sokoto was more a victim of banditry than of terrorists targeting Christians, who were almost non-existent in the state, he said. It was not what he called one of the country’s “terrorist hotspots” but rather a “predominantly Muslim enclave and the historical seat of the Sokoto Caliphate, a spiritual centre of Islam in Nigeria”. Since Trump in November threatened to deploy the US military “guns a blazing” in response to attacks on our “cherished Christians”, the Nigerian government has been under pressure from Washington to act against the violence. Tinubu dispatched senior security officials to the US capital to discuss the situation and replaced his defence minister with a former general. But despite the public claims on Friday of co-ordination, Gembu said he doubted whether the Nigerian armed forces had been closely involved in the planning of the strikes. Why bomb Sokoto? Trump’s strikes baffle Nigerians The military is steering him to empty targets again to override his impulsive behavior. The administration is claiming ISIS involvement as they did in Syria which was shown to be the work of government-aligned militias.