‘Nigeria Should Be A Country Of Particular Concern’ — US Lawmaker Appeals To Trump

In the US House of Representatives, Representative Riley M. Moore, who represents West Virginia’s Second District, has pushed President Donald Trump to declare Nigeria a Country of Particular Concerns (CPC).

In the letter, which was sent to US Department of State Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, DC, on October 6, 2025, the lawmaker begged the US government to immediately stop arms sales and all related technical assistance to Nigeria until the “Nigerian government demonstrates that it is sufficiently committed to ending the reign of persecution and slaughter.”

Moore asserted that at least 7,000 Christians had been brutally killed by “Muslim extremist groups” between January and September of 2025.

He said that since 2015, at least 250 Catholic priests had been attacked or killed nationwide, emphasizing that “between the Boko Haram uprising in 2009 and 2025, 19,100 churches in Nigeria have been attacked or destroyed.”

Nigeria was reportedly named a CPC by Trump during his first term, but former President Joe Biden undid that designation.

Nigeria is undergoing a “Christian genocide,” according to political journalist Van Jones, television host Bill Maher, and US Senator Ted Cruz.

Senator Cruz said in a recent podcast interview with American talk show host Bill Maher that Christians in Nigeria were being systematically persecuted and killed, calling the scenario “genocide.”

However, the story has subsequently been rejected by the Federal Government, which claims that no specific religion is targeted by the nation’s worsening security situation.