US say dem dey find co-operation with Nigeria afta Trump threat

United States dey try make dem cooperate with Nigeria to protect Nigerian people, na so one senior official talk on Thursday, few weeks after President Donald Trump don threaten military action.

One Nigerian delegation wey include national security adviser Nuhu Ribadu dey visit Washington to discuss American concern about terrorism for Nigeria, wey be Africas most populous country.

Jonathan Pratt, top State Department official for Africa, talk say the delegation go meet deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau.

Pratt tell congressional hearing say the Trump administration wan "work with the Nigerian government on an action plan and to set up a task force to address this issue," meaning dem wan "work with Nigerian government make dem prepare action plan and create task force to tackle the matter."

US to 'use all tools at our disposal'

E stop short of talk about military options, e only confirm say dem don hold meetings inside US government "on the security side of the equation."

Pratt talk say United States go "use all of the tools that are at our disposal to focus minds and focus attention on this issue," meaning dem go use all the tools wey dem get to make people focus and pay attention to the matter.

Representative Sara Jacobs, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa, call Trumps threats of war "irresponsible" and ask why e cut US aid wey suppose help improve community dialogue.

"We don dey receive reports say tensions don increase between Christians and Muslims since this kind rhetoric," she talk.

"If dem make military-led approach, e fit cause more civilian casualties and impunity, and that one go only make violent extremism grow more," she add.