Former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba has urged Nigerians to tread carefully in their dealings with U.S. President Donald Trump, describing him as “a man who must be handled with care.”

Osoba, who was chairman at the official presentation of “Beyond Expectations – A Memoir” by notable journalist with the defunct Newswatch magazine, Yakubu Mohammed on Tuesday, also warned against any foreign interference that could worsen Nigeria’s internal challenges.

He said, “We have to be very, very careful with Trump. Let us unite, not because of Tinubu, not because of government, but because of Nigeria.

“We don’t deserve any intervention from anywhere that could complicate our situation.”

Giving example with some world leaders, Osoba recalled how the British Prime Minister,
Keir Rodney Starmer
and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
approached Trump differently.

“The President of Ukraine went and confronted Trump,” he recalled. “But the UK Prime Minister massaged him carefully, presented a letter from the King and that got Trump smiling. Let’s learn from that.”

Osoba called for national unity beyond religion and politics.

Referring to the opening prayers at the event, he said: “When the Christian prayed, I joined him. When the Sheikh came, I joined him.

“We are not to fight but to educate; that in Nigeria, religion is not our biggest issue. The real battle is against ISIS and insecurity.”

He commended some eminent Nigerians who, he said, have begun to rally around the federal government following the recent threat of military invasion by the U.S.

“Even Obi himself has said religion is not Nigeria’s problem,” Osoba noted, stressing that World Trade Organization, WTO, Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala also recently threw her support behind the government.

‘Beyond Expectations’ is a memoir that chronicles the rich career of Mohammed, one of Nigeria’s most accomplished journalists, editors, and administrators.