Friday, June 10, 2026 - A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has alleged that Fulani militants remain the largest perpetrators of violence against Christians in the country.
The comments come against the backdrop of recurring attacks
on rural communities in Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa and parts of Southern Kaduna,
where suspected armed Fulani herdsmen have been blamed for many attacks.
The lawmaker, in a message posted on his X account on
Wednesday, July 8, said he has spent years investigating what he described as
the persecution of Christians in Nigeria and argued that while the
administration of US President Donald Trump made significant gains in degrading
the capabilities of Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province
(ISWAP), de@dly attacks linked to armed Fulani militants continue to claim
lives, particularly in Nigeria’s Middle Belt.
Riley wrote on X: “As I have been saying since I started
investigating the genocide against Christians in Nigeria, Fulani militants are
by far the largest perpetrators of violence against Christians in Nigeria.
“Nevertheless, the Trump Administration has made historic
progress against Boko Haram and ISWAP, but we must also stop the killing in the
Middle Belt at the hands of the Fulani if we want to ensure our brothers and
sisters in Christ are safe to live and worship without being murd£red.”
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