The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has assured investors that the country’s recent joint security operation with the United States in Sokoto will not destabilise markets, but rather reinforce economic confidence.
Speaking in a statement on Sunday, Edun emphasised that the operation, conducted on Christmas Day, was intelligence-led and targeted solely at terrorist elements threatening national stability and communities.
According to the PUNCH, US President Donald Trump had made good on his threat of military action against terrorists in Nigeria — a threat he made in November that financial markets reacted to negatively.
Trump, on his Truth Social platform, had said, “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS terrorist scum in northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even centuries.
‘I have previously warned these terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing.
“Under my leadership, our country will not allow radical Islamic terrorism to prosper. May God bless our military, and Merry Christmas to all, including the dead terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.”
The military strikes have since been framed as an operation approved by the Federal Government, with more strikes likely.
