US congressman to brief Trump on plan to address killings in Nigeria

US lawmaker, Riley Moore. Photo: AFP

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A member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Riley Moore, says he is preparing a formal report to President Donald Trump outlining a coordinated plan for the United States to work with the Nigerian government to end alleged killings of Christians in the country.

Moore disclosed this in a post on X on Thursday, adding that the report will also outline strategies to help Nigeria tackle the ongoing terrorist threat in the North-East.

The planned report follows Moore’s recent congressional delegation to Nigeria, where members of the House Appropriations Committee met with Nigerian officials, including the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.

During the trip, Moore said he visited Benue State and witnessed firsthand the conditions of displaced Christian communities amid attacks attributed to Fulani militants in the Middle Belt.

“I just returned from a Congressional delegation to Nigeria with @HouseAppropsGOP. While there, we visited Benue State.

“We met with Bishops Anagbe and Dugu, and Tor Tiv. We met with suffering IDPs who are all Christians. They are forced to live in camps that are regularly attacked by Fulani Islamic radicals.

“We heard heartbreaking stories from survivors of this horrific genocidal campaign committed by the Fulani, including a woman who was forced to watch as five of her children were killed. I’ve never seen anything like it. It will stay with me the rest of my life,” he wrote.

The lawmaker said his forthcoming report to Trump would propose a roadmap for deeper cooperation between Washington and the Nigerian government to address the crisis.

“I am working on a report to @POTUS that will outline a path forward to work with the Nigerian government in a coordinated and cooperative manner to end the slaughter of innocent Christians in the Middle Belt and stop the ongoing terrorist threat in the Northeast,” he added.

His statement comes amid renewed U.S. attention on Nigeria’s security situation following Trump’s redesignation of the country as a “Country of Particular Concern” for religious freedom violations in October 2025.

Trump had warned that persistent attacks could prompt a cut-off of U.S. aid.

However, President Bola Tinubu’s government rejected the designation, insisting that the country’s security challenges are not religiously motivated and citing joint security initiatives with the U.S. as evidence of ongoing cooperation.

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