{"id":18323,"date":"2017-10-19T14:19:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T13:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18323"},"modified":"2017-10-19T15:27:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T14:27:33","slug":"boko-haram-bbog-campaigner-u-s-rep-insists-trump-lacks-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/boko-haram-bbog-campaigner-u-s-rep-insists-trump-lacks-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram: BBOG Campaigner, U.S. Rep Insists Trump Lacks Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaigner and United States Congresswoman, Frederica Wilson, has \u00a0maintained that President Donald Trump\u2019s condolence call to the widow of Sergeant David Johnson who died in a Boko Haram ambush in Niger last week, Myeshia, showed lack of compassion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wilson, in a statement Wednesday night, said despite Trump\u2019s criticism of what she said, she stood by the original account of the President\u2019s call to Johnson\u2019s family. The Congresswoman, a Democrat, said the \u201caccount has also been confirmed by family members who also witnessed Trump\u2019s \u201cincredible lack of compassion and sensitivity.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Johnson was killed while on a mission to provide training and security assistance to West African armed forces battling the Boko Haram insurgents, the group Wilson said she had also been fighting to defeat since the abduction of nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls in 2014.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>President Trump has been quoted to have said, during a condolence call to the Johnsons, \u00a0that the slain soldier \u201cknew what he signed up for.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv0951266277yMail_cursorElementTracker_1508370828357\">U.S.President, however, said in a Tweet that the congresswoman \u201ctotally fabricated\u201d what he said to the wife of \u201ca soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!,\u201d just as the White House Press Secretary, Sarah Sanders, said Wilson\u2019s criticism was \u201cappalling and disgusting.\u201d She also accused Wilson of politicising the soldier&#8217;s death.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wilson said in the statement that the issue was personal to her as Sgt. Johnson was a member of her community and of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project that she founded to help boys of color build successful futures.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe loved ones Sgt. Johnson leaves behind are my constituents and my job now is to do all that I can to help them heal,\u201d she added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The legislator noted the task of uncovering the circumstances surrounding the ambush and working to help ensure that soldiers have all of the resources and support that they need while putting their lives on the line was a necessary one.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wilson was among the U.S. Congressional delegation to Nigeria, the largest of its kind to West Africa, led by Senator Christopher Coons on August 31 with remarks delivered on security, business and social entrepreneurship.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Photo Caption:L-R: Sanders, Wilson<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaigner and United States Congresswoman, Frederica Wilson, has \u00a0maintained that President Donald Trump\u2019s condolence call to the widow of Sergeant David Johnson who died in a Boko Haram ambush in Niger last week, Myeshia, showed lack of compassion. 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