Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called for calm and constructive dialogue between Nigeria and the United States following what he described as “the recent threat of security and diplomatic actions against Nigeria by President Donald Trump.”

In a statement released in Osogbo and published on the official Osun State Government website on November 3, 2025, Adeleke urged both nations to sustain their long-standing diplomatic relationship, emphasising “renewed diplomatic engagement between Nigeria and the United States of America over the recent security situation in the country.”

“I appeal to the Presidency of the United States of America to support Nigeria to fully implement the recently developed national security strategy.

“The new strategy is comprehensive and capable of taking on the monster of banditry and terroristic killings in many parts of the country,” the governor said.
“We believe a high-powered engagement at the presidential level will particularly open to the American government the ongoing security operations, successes and challenges Nigeria is facing in the fight against terrorism,” he said.

The Osun governor stressed that diplomatic dialogue, not confrontation, should define the response to the current tensions.

We need our international partners to expand their support for the Nigerian security agencies and its political leadership to face national security challenges.

“Peaceful interface between Abuja and Washington holds the key rather than military intervention by the American government,” the statement further read.

Commending the Federal Government’s efforts to de-escalate the situation, Adeleke stated, “This is the time to unite as a nation to support the national leadership to frontally address internal and external threats for the protection of the citizenry.

“This is the time to back the President to enforce the letters and spirit of the Constitution in all facets of national life. We need peace, not war to deepen our democracy and protect our citizens.”