A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has introduced a congressional resolution condemning the alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria and expressing support for President Donald Trump’s efforts to address the crisis.
In a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Friday, Moore said the resolution, filed in the House of Representatives on Friday and titled “Condemning the persecution of Christians in Nigeria and standing ready to support President Donald Trump in taking decisive action to end the existential threat that persecuted Christians face in Nigeria,” was submitted and referred to the relevant House committee.
Moore wrote, “I just introduced a resolution condemning the atrocities Christians are facing in Nigeria and supporting @POTUS’ efforts to defend Christians who are being slaughtered.”
The lawmaker, who chairs the investigative committee set up by Trump to probe the alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria, described the West African nation as “the deadliest place in the world to be a Christian.”
He said over 7,000 Christians have been killed in 2025—“35 murders each day”—and 50,000–100,000 since 2009. He added that 19,000 churches have been burned and millions displaced in what he called “deliberate campaigns of religious cleansing.”
He wrote, “The attackers regularly target Christian holy days, such as the 2022 Pentecost massacre, the 2023 Christmas Eve massacre, and the 2025 Holy Week attacks. Priests, pastors, and seminarians are routinely targeted for kidnapping and killing, with more than 250 clergy killed in the past decade.”
Citing the Ash Wednesday killing of Fr. Sylvester Okechukwu, Moore said the attacks were “targeted jihadist attacks,” not random. He accused the government of failing to act or hold perpetrators accountable, noting that a Plateau pastor’s warning of an impending Fulani attack was dismissed as fake news—only for over a dozen Christians to be killed the next day.
Moore also criticised President Bola Tinubu for denying religious persecution, citing his September 2025 claim that “there’s no religious persecution in Nigeria.”
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