Riley Moore, lawmaker representing West Virginia’s 2nd District in the United States, on Wednesday evening, July 8, 2026, asserted that “Fulani militants are by far the largest perpetrators of violence against Christians in Nigeria.”
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Moore, who said this via his verified X (formerly Twitter) page, urged relevant authorities to “stop the killing in the Middle Belt (of Nigeria) at the hands of the Fulani.”
“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.”
Moore added:
“The Donald 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 murdered.”
US, Nigeria partner against terrorism
Between late 2025 and this period, US President Donald Trump ordered “numerous” strikes on Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Nigeria, accusing the group of targeting and deliberately killing Christians.
The strikes were directed at militants in the northwest of Nigeria.
US and Nigerian officials confirmed the two countries cooperated on multiple operations.
Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo, a Nigerian clergyman, human rights advocate, and regional chairman of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Barkin Ladi, Plateau state, is a vocal advocate for “persecuted Christians” and has frequently spoken out against violence in Nigeria’s north-central region.
Nigeria has one of Africa’s largest economies and is the continent’s most populous country, with some 240 million people split between Christians, Muslims and members of other faiths.
In late October 2025, Trump warned that Christianity faces an “existential threat” in Nigeria, Reuters noted.
The government of Nigeria, as well as experts and scholars, has said that US officials’ portrayal of the security situation in the West African country is misleading, as members of all faiths have suffered at the hands of Islamist extremists.
Disputes over resources such as water have also exacerbated tensions and sometimes led to violent clashes between largely Christian farmers and largely Muslim shepherds.
While Trump has repeatedly condemned alleged anti-Christian violence in several social media posts, his administration has also faced criticism over its refugee policy, particularly its approach to people fleeing persecution or violence in their home countries, according to Al Jazeera.
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