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American Fact-Finder Declares Attacks On Christians In Nigeria’s North And Middle Belt Are ‘Calculated Genocide’
October 16, 2025
NEWS

An American fact-finder and former mayor of Blanco, Texas, Mike Arnold, has stated that Nigeria is witnessing a “calculated, long-running genocide” against its Christian population, particularly across the country’s North and Middle Belt regions.

Arnold made the assertion in a detailed statement presented to journalists, international observers, and human rights organisations in Abuja, where he shared findings from at least five years of field research across Nigeria’s conflict zones.

According to him, evidence gathered from hundreds of interviews, eyewitness accounts, and over 80 hours of filmed testimony proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the killings, mass displacement, and destruction of Christian communities are systematic and deliberate, meeting the international legal definition of genocide.

“This is serious. It’s not something to play word games with,” Arnold said. “We’ve travelled to Bokkos, Jos, Gwoza, Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Makoko over the past six years,” he said.

“I’ve interviewed governors, cabinet ministers, traditional rulers, and two former presidents. I’ve met orphans whose parents were hacked to death. I’ve helped them. I’ve built schools in IDP camps. My findings carry the weight of direct personal experience.”

Arnold, who oversees humanitarian projects in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps, said official figures on displacement in Nigeria grossly understate the accurate scale of the crisis.

He estimated that more than four million Nigerians are currently displaced, which he described as “a very conservative estimate”, with most being Christians forced from their ancestral homes by extremist violence.

“The quoted figures of three to four million IDPs are clearly low. I’ve heard numbers as high as nine million. I’ve been to hidden camps that the Nigerian government and even the UN deny exist,” he said.

Arnold’s research, conducted with his international team since 2019, reportedly uncovered consistent patterns of targeted destruction, churches razed, Christian homes burned, and lands seized, while mosques in the same communities were left untouched.

He cited Gwoza Local Government Area in Borno State as one of several communities now resembling a “post-apocalyptic wasteland” following years of relentless attacks by Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters.

Arnold accused sections of the Nigerian media of deliberately sanitising the scale of atrocities by referring to the crisis as mere “farmer-herder clashes,” a term he described as “cynical doublespeak.”

“Now villages are systematically razed, churches leveled, and tens of thousands are dead. This is a systematic terror and not grazing conflicts. A lie akin to calling Bosnia's ethnic cleansing a neighborhood spat,” he said.

“These targeted deadly attacks are the same whether labeled herders, bandits, or insurgents. The puppets may change, but the same forces pull the strings. A jihadi by any other name is just as deadly.

“Mincing words over labels appears to be intentional obfuscation. Honest people can repeat things that are not true. Again, not indicting anybody, but in many of these instances, if you're told it's a farmer herder clash, I would compel you to dig deeper.”

He explained that while global attention often focuses on Boko Haram and ISWAP, the majority of killings and displacements across the Middle Belt are, in fact, carried out by radical Islamist Fulani militias.

He said, “Numerous field reports, satellite imagery, survival testimonies confirm that these militant groups, often operating under political protection and mislabeled as herders, are responsible for the most widespread systematic and sustained attacks on Christian farming communities.

“Their campaigns extend well beyond traditional grazing disputes, encompassing organized massacres, forced displacement, and the strategic occupation of conquered lands.

“Today, these militias represent the single most lethal terrorist threat in Nigeria's internal stability, surpassing Boko Haram and ISWAP combined and reach frequency and civilian death toll. The crime of obfuscation.

“I've personally seen ongoing efforts by officials and their loyal media to bury the truth, sanitizing massacres as conflict, labeling displaced survivors vagrants and criminals, refusing to name perpetrators.

“This is not confusion; it is complicity. To play semantic games while people die is beyond obscene. There can be no solution while leaders play word games to hide the truth.”

Arnold said his findings are grounded in the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948), which defines genocide as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

“It includes killing members of the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm, inflicting conditions intended to bring about physical destruction, preventing births within the group, and forcibly transferring children to another group,” he noted.

“The evidence is undeniable; targeted killings, mass displacement, destruction of homes and churches, denial of aid, and erasure of Christian identity.”

Summarising his conclusions, Arnold said his findings are the result of five years of investigation, field interviews, documentation, and consultation with top scholars, statesmen, and legal experts.

“I declare this without any shadow of a doubt. The campaign of violence and displacement in northern and middle belt Nigeria does indeed constitute a calculated current and long-running genocide against Christian communities and other religious minorities without any reasonable doubt,” he said.

To continue to deny this is to be complicit with these atrocities.”

“I say this not in anger, but in truth and grief. My assignment from my hosts was to speak the truth, and I have done so to the best of my ability. I believe Nigeria has a bright future,” he added.

“I believe in Christian Muslim harmony. I believe good people of every tribe and faith and party must stand against this evil, but first we must name it. Here I stand.”

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Are the mass shooting and drug overdose in the US also calculated genocide?

What a sad time in history! The country that has carried out the most genocide on Earth, telling another country about fabricated genocide.

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Are the mass shooting and drug overdose in the US also calculated genocide?

What a sad time in history! The country that has carried out the most genocide on Earth, telling another country about fabricated genocide.

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Arnold made the assertion in a detailed statement presented to journalists, international observers, and human rights organisations in Abuja, where he shared findings from at least five years of field research across Nigeria’s conflict zones.

OLAADEGBU:
He was in USA testifying to the Christian genocide in his backyard. His 12 relatives were massacred before he came back
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OUTRAGE Grows Over Christian Persecution In Nigeria As Thousands Killed
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Why there is Christian genocide in Nigeria — Bishop Abioye
Israel Arogbonlo
October 29, 2025

General Overseer of the Living Word Conquerors Global Assembly, Bishop David Abioye, has attributed the alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria to what he described as the silence and selfishness of political leaders who deny the reality of targeted killings for personal gain.

Bishop Abioye made the assertion while addressing his congregation during a sermon, accusing political leaders of turning a blind eye to mass killings for their “personal interests.”

According to him, the evidence of targeted killings against Christians is overwhelming and can no longer be dismissed.

“Information with facts can’t be thwarted. You see people (Christians) being buried in hundreds, and you said there is no genocide? What a wicked set of people!

“I agree that there are other people killed in other places for other reasons, but Christian genocide is very clear and gradually, it is eating down to the South.

“Southwest and Southeast, and many so-called leaders, for their personal interests, are claiming that it is not true,” he claimed.

His comments come amid ongoing debates over claims by some US lawmakers and religious freedom advocates that over 30 Christians are killed daily in Nigeria.

The group has called for the country to be designated as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) over alleged religious persecution.

However, the Federal Government has dismissed the allegations, insisting that Nigeria’s security challenges are not religiously motivated but rather stem from criminality, banditry, and terrorism affecting all citizens regardless of faith.

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Breaking: Trump Threatens to Send Troops to Nigeria 'Guns-a-Blazing' to Stop Christian Mass Killings
By Jack Davis
November 1, 2025 at 2:32pm

One day after President Donald Trump denounced the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, he raised the possibility of military action if Nigeria does nothing to stop Islamic terrorists who have been operating with little to no governmental resistance.

“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!” Trump wrote.

In a recent video posted to X, Republican Rep. Riley Moore of West Virginia noted that Nigerian Christians are facing “a systematic campaign of persecution by Islamic terrorist organizations.

“I think there is a question of their collusion in between the current Islamic government in Nigeria and the terrorist organizations that are killing Christians en masse,” he said.

Moore said there had been “7000 Christians murdered this year, that’s 35 a day are killed in Nigeria just for professing their faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”

“The government in Nigeria is complicit in the suffering of our brothers and sisters in Christ,” he said in another recent interview, according to Peoples Gazette.

“If I should give some numbers really quick here: there have been 50,000 to 100,000 murdered Christians in Nigeria. This is an astounding number nobody is talking about. It’s genocidal numbers. And at the same period, we have had over 19,000 churches attacked or destroyed.”

“Nigeria has become the deadliest place in the world to be a Christian,” Moore wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for action to protect Christians.

Moore had been calling for Nigeria to be declared a country of Particular Concern, which means it could lose its aid. Trump acted Friday to make that declaration.

“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.

In response to Trump’s action, Nigeria promised it would fight extremism, but also denied the reported mass killings qualified as “genocide.”

“For the avoidance of any doubt, and out of respect for all the victims and survivors around the world of this unique and appalling crime against humanity, let the record show that there is no genocide, now or ever, in Nigeria,” Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said, according to Newsweek.

During his first term, Trump placed Nigeria on a watchlist for its actions against Christians.

Former President Joe Biden took Nigeria off the list.

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US Lawmaker Moore To Tinubu: "Don’t Test Donald Trump’s Resolve On Christians Killings"
November 2, 2025
NEWS

Moore warned that others who had tested the resolve of the Trump administration in the past had failed.

A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has urged the Nigerian government led by President Bola Tinubu not to test the resolve of the United States government under President Donald Trump, on the alleged Christian genocide in the country.

In a post on his official X handle, Moore warned that others who had tested the resolve of the Trump administration in the past had failed.

"To the Government of Nigeria & @officialABAT: "President Trump has provided forewarning if you do not correct the current state of inaction to stop the killing of our brothers and sisters in Christ in your country. The days of the US looking the other way are over - it will never happen on @POTUS’ watch.

"I urge you to cooperate with us in preventing this atrocity that worsens everyday. We want your people to live in peace - all of them, especially Christians.

"The President has been clear. I would not to test his resolve. Many have tried and all have failed.

"We will not allow the gates of hell to prevail against the faithful."

Moore’s comments come as President Trump warned that he would deploy the U.S. military to Nigeria if the “killing of Christians” in the country does not stop.

According to Trump, the United States military may come “gun-blazing” into the country.

"If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.

“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians,” he said.

While the Nigerian government has not reacted to the threat of invasion, it has denied the existence of any Christian genocide in the country.

According to the government, such claims are false and do not represent the daily realities in Nigeria.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that on Friday, President Trump said that in response to claims of genocide against Christians in Nigeria, he had redesignated the country as a “country of particular concern.”

He had announced the decision on his Truth Social media platform.

Reacting, however, the Nigerian government— through the country’s President, Bola Tinubu — denied that there is religious intolerance in Nigeria.

In a statement issued on Saturday, the President emphasised that Nigeria’s constitution enshrines the protection of religious rights and that his administration continues to ensure equality for all faiths across the country.

“Nigeria stands firmly as a democracy governed by constitutional guarantees of religious liberty,” Tinubu said.

He noted that since assuming office in 2023, his administration has maintained active engagement with both Christian and Muslim leaders while working to tackle security challenges that affect citizens regardless of their religious affiliation.

“Since 2023, our administration has maintained an open and active engagement with Christian and Muslim leaders alike and continues to address security challenges which affect citizens across faiths and regions,” he stated.

Tinubu dismissed what he described as a mischaracterisation of Nigeria’s religious landscape by external observers, saying such claims fail to reflect the country’s diversity and the government’s ongoing efforts to promote peaceful coexistence.

“The characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians,” the President declared.

He stressed that religious tolerance remains central to Nigeria’s national identity, insisting that the government neither supports nor condones persecution based on faith.

“Religious freedom and tolerance have been a core tenet of our collective identity and shall always remain so. Nigeria opposes religious persecution and does not encourage it,” he affirmed.

Tinubu further underscored that Nigeria’s constitution guarantees protection for citizens of all faiths, reiterating that his administration will continue to work with international partners to promote understanding and safeguard communities.

“Nigeria is a country with constitutional guarantees to protect citizens of all faiths,” he said.

“Our administration is committed to working with the United States government and the international community to deepen understanding and cooperation on protection of communities of all faiths,” Tinubu added.

SaharaReporters

US Lawmaker Moore Says Trump Will Be Given "Full Menu Of Options" To Stop Alleged Genocide In Nigeria
November 3, 2025
NEWS

Speaking to Fox News, he stated that President Donald Trump would be presented with a range of policy options on how to address the situation.

A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has vowed to get to the root of the alleged “genocide against Christians” in Nigeria.

Speaking to Fox News, he stated that President Donald Trump would be presented with a range of policy options on how to address the situation.

"We are going to get right to work and get to the bottom of what's happening and give President Trump a full menu of options that we can use to try to stop these killings," he said.

His comments come as Trump hinted at possible military action against Nigeria. This follows his decision to establish a team to investigate the “killings of Christians” in the country, with Moore appointed as the lead.

On Friday, President Trump said that, in response to claims of genocide against Christians in Nigeria, he had redesignated the country as a “Country of Particular Concern.”

He had announced the decision on his Truth Social media platform.

“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN’ — But that is the least of it,” he wrote.

The Nigerian government has denied claims of any Christian genocide in the country.

President Bola Tinubu emphasized that Nigeria’s constitution enshrines the protection of religious rights and that his administration continues to ensure equality for all faiths across the nation.

After these comments, Trump further noted that the United States military might come “gun-blazing” into Nigeria.

"If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities."

“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians,” he said.

Nigeria, however, denied any genocide against Christians.

President Tinubu reiterated that “Nigeria stands firmly as a democracy governed by constitutional guarantees of religious liberty.”

He noted that since assuming office in 2023, his administration has maintained active engagement with both Christian and Muslim leaders while working to tackle security challenges affecting citizens regardless of religious affiliation.

“Since 2023, our administration has maintained an open and active engagement with Christian and Muslim leaders alike and continues to address security challenges which affect citizens across faiths and regions,” he stated.

Tinubu dismissed what he described as a mischaracterisation of Nigeria’s religious landscape by external observers, saying such claims fail to reflect the country’s diversity and the government’s ongoing efforts to promote peaceful coexistence.

“The characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians,” the President declared.

He stressed that religious tolerance remains central to Nigeria’s national identity, insisting that the government neither supports nor condones persecution based on faith.

“Religious freedom and tolerance have been a core tenet of our collective identity and shall always remain so. Nigeria opposes religious persecution and does not encourage it,” he affirmed.

Tinubu further underscored that Nigeria’s constitution guarantees protection for citizens of all faiths, reiterating that his administration will continue to work with international partners to promote understanding and safeguard communities.

“Nigeria is a country with constitutional guarantees to protect citizens of all faiths,” he said.

“Our administration is committed to working with the United States government and the international community to deepen understanding and cooperation on protection of communities of all faiths,” Tinubu added.

Despite the Nigerian government’s statement, Trump maintained that the United States could deploy troops or launch air strikes in Nigeria to stop what he described as the killing of large numbers of Christians in the country.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump did not rule out any form of military action, suggesting both air and ground operations were being considered.

According to Reuters, when asked whether he envisioned “troops on the ground or air strikes in Nigeria,” Trump responded: “Could be. I mean, other things. I envisage a lot of things. They’re killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria ... They’re killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers. We’re not going to allow that to happen.”

SaharaReporters

Lawyer Dele Farotimi To Trump: "Drag Terrorists Sponsors To ICC For Justice, Don't Come With Guns Blazing"
November 3, 2025
NEWS

Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has reacted to the U.S. President, Donald Trump’s public comments on violence in Nigeria, saying there is abundant evidence that the Nigerian government has been complicit in the alleged ongoing genocide in the country.

Speaking in a video, Farotimi said that the Nigerian state has allowed genocide and mass atrocities to continue in the country for a long time.

He said he did not need an American politician to affirm what he has been saying for at least a decade that there is genocide in Nigeria and that the Nigerian government has been complicit.

Farotimi said, “He (Trump) said if Nigeria continues to allow… Is this true? Has the Nigerian government continued to allow genocide in Nigeria?

“I am not a respecter of persons, I’m a respecter of truth. I do not need Trump to tell me that the Nigerian government is complicit in the genocide that has been taking place in the country.

“I have been saying this consistently for a decade in the public, in books, in speeches, in essays. There are substantial evidence in the public space to conclusively say that the Nigerian government allows what is happening.”

According to him, “We do not need Trump to tell us. He said that in his tweet. I have no choice, I have to agree with him that the Nigerian government allows the genocide; because there is indeed a genocide and I have called it that for at least a decade.

“Commodore Olawumi has already told us that; Bugaji has already told us that; Baraje has already told us that. The fact that the creature called Alimodu Sheriff is still walking around in Nigeria and remains a man of influence tells me everything I need to know about the complicity of the Nigerian state.

Farotimi also addressed Trump’s threat to halt U.S. aid and assistance to Nigeria, saying he had previously told U.S. officials that Nigeria does not need foreign aid to solve its problems and that some international engagement had been harmful.

“Trump said the USA will immediately stop all aids and assistance, I am forced to speak to a private encounter where I had an occasion to speak to U.S. government officials and when I was asked, ‘is there anything we can do for you’, I said no, we don’t require anything from you,” Farotimi said.

He continued, “I want nothing from anybody. Just stick your nose out of our business. Because American interest in Nigeria is not exactly benevolent.

“Stick your nose out of our business include keep your aids, keep your assistance. It has not been beneficial to us. If anything, your aids and assistance have only served to keep us further impoverished and reinforced the evil that you have allowed to overtake our country.

“Please, stop all aids and assistance, but as you are stopping all aids and assistance, stop being the net recipient of our stolen common wealth.”

Farotimi urged foreign governments to deny safe havens and banking access to Nigerians he described as perpetrators, arguing that Western countries should use their influence to expose and prosecute those he says are responsible for atrocities.

“I was in the U.S. immediately after the 2023 general elections, and I was specific in saying this, you allow things in Nigeria that you will not tolerate in your country.

“People who kill and murder Nigerians to your knowledge buy homes in your country. They have dual citizenship. They have residence in your country and you say nothing about these and you are threatening us about withdrawal of all aids, keep your aids but remove these people.

“Stop allowing them access to your banking system. Stop allowing them safe havens in your country, not just in America, all over your sphere of influence, force them to come back to Nigeria to solve our own problems.”

Farotimi told the U.S., “The reality is that what you give with one hand, you take back with the other. You called Nigeria a now disgraced country. It wasn’t disgraced under your rule. It has been disgraced a long time ago from the inception. And it is up to us to make it honourable but thanks for pointing it out to us.

“Because if the people who rule this country will not hear us when we tell them, perhaps they will hear now that you are telling them how they have disgraced us all over the world.

“They come to you cap in hand, begging for charity from you when you know how many billions they starched in your banking system. And I’m not just talking about Donald Trump, I’m talking about America, the rest of the world including China and all the other people who have provided succor to those who have destroyed this beautiful country.”

He cautioned against foreign military intervention while encouraging international pressure through legal and diplomatic channels.

“You (Trump) are talking about coming to Nigeria blazing, when the guns are blazing and bullets are flying, we have seen examples of where America has done this in the world, we would rather you don’t come into our country blazing. It doesn’t really require you coming in gun blazing,” he said.

According to him, “It just requires you insisting on the right thing being done in Nigeria. It requires you sharing who you know how corrupt they are. You know. I have access to intelligence that an average Nigerian can never touch.”

Farotimi argued, “If there are indeed persons deserving of death, you have more than ample evidence and you know what you used to do, do that. Expose them, bring them to the international trial courts that are built by you.”

He noted, “The Americans and the West created the International Criminal Court. If there indeed are persons within the Nigerian circle who are guilty of these things, you know what to do to them for justice but don’t come into our country gun blazing.

“Nigeria is not Sumaila, and it is a multicultural, multiethnic society. We don’t need you to come into our country guns blazing.”

Farotimi’s comments come amid the redesignation of Nigeria as Country of Concern by the U.S., over alleged genocide against Christians in Nigeria.

There has also been a heightened international scrutiny of violent killings by terrorists, and bloody clashes between armed herders and farmers across parts of Nigeria, which have long ignited a series of public outcry and reactions by local and foreign communities, human rights defenders and commentators about the country’s human-rights record.

SaharaReporters

Nigeria Is A Disgrace; It's Genocide And I'm Really Angry – President Trump Insists
November 22, 2025
NEWS

The United States President, Donald Trump, has again voiced strong criticism of the Nigerian government over what he described as the “genocide” of Christians in the country.

Speaking Friday on a conservative radio programme — remarks later highlighted by Fox News, which captured the exchange — Trump claimed that thousands of Christians were being killed in Nigeria and accused the government of failing to curb extremist violence.

The US President reiterated his administration’s earlier designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” over alleged religious persecution, saying Washington may take further action if the situation does not improve.

“Nigeria is a disgrace. The whole thing is a disgrace,” Trump said during the interview. “They’re killing people by the thousands. It’s a genocide, and I’m really angry about it.”

He warned that the US could cut off aid to Nigeria, citing American financial support to the country.

“We give a lot of subsidies to Nigeria. We’re going to end up stopping,” he added.

Trump also repeated his threat of possible military intervention against Islamist militant groups if the Nigerian government “does not do more” to protect Christian communities.

SaharaReporters had reported on Friday that the United States War Department said it was working closely with the Nigerian government to end what it describes as "jihadists terrorists” attacks on Christians in Nigeria.

This was disclosed by the Secretary of the War Department, who stated on X: "Yesterday, I met with Nigeria’s National Security Advisor and his team to discuss the horrific violence against Christians in their country."

"Under @POTUS leadership, DOW is working aggressively with Nigeria to end the persecution of Christians by jihadist terrorists," he posted on Friday.

The statement followed a meeting on Wednesday between Congressman Riley M. Moore and a delegation of senior Nigerian government officials led by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu during their visit to Washington, D.C.

Members of the delegation included Ribadu; Her Excellency Bianca Ojukwu, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun; Attorney General of the Federation Chief Lateef Olasunkami Fagbemi, SAN; Chief of Defence Staff General Olufemi Olatunbosun Oluyede; Chief of Defence Intelligence Lt. Gen. EAP Undiendeye; Special Adviser to ONSA Idayat Hassan; Director of Foreign Relations, ONSA, Ambassador Ibrahim Babani; Acting CDA, Embassy of Nigeria, Ambassador Nuru Biu; and Paul Alabi of the Embassy’s Political and Economic Section.

According to the statement, the meeting “allowed for a frank, honest, and productive discussion about the ongoing persecution of Christians and ongoing terrorist threats in Nigeria and opportunities for strengthened cooperation and coordination between the United States and Nigeria to end the bloodshed.”

It added that the Nigerian delegation “shared their government’s challenges and concerns regarding counterterrorism, security assistance, protection of vulnerable communities, and ongoing issues involving violence across Nigeria.”

The release noted that Congressman Moore “clearly stated that the United States stands ready to coordinate and cooperate with Nigeria,” adding that “as President Trump made abundantly clear, the United States will not tolerate continued violence against Christians or other forms of religious persecution.”

It further stressed that “President Trump does not make idle threats.”

It added that Moore “will continue monitoring new developments and pushing the Nigerian government to accept the open hand of cooperation to stop the ongoing persecution and violence against Christians and combat the threat terrorist groups pose to the Nigerian population.”

Moore also issued a detailed statement after the meeting.

“Today, I had a frank, honest, and productive discussion with senior members of the Nigerian government regarding the horrific violence and persecution Christians face and the ongoing threat terrorism poses across Nigeria,” he said.

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It's called division of labor.

Their duty is to downplay the impacts terrorism and attack anyone who reports it.

You'll never see them furiously attacking Fulani terrorists.pic.twitter.com/1zKoKRpP6k

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