Riley Moore says the federal government and the United
States are close to reaching an agreement on a “strategic security framework”
aimed at tackling terrorism in Nigeria.
The US Congressman, who recently visited Nigeria alongside
some of his colleagues, said the delegation had “positive conversations” with
the Nigerian government.
In an X post published alongside a short video clip of his
interview on Fox News, the lawmaker said that during his visit, he met with
some victims of terrorism, whose family members were gruesomely killed by
“Islamic radicals”.
Moore said he will submit a report to US President Donald
Trump to outline how to work with the Nigerian government to “end the slaughter
of our brothers and sisters in Christ”.
“What I witnessed during my trip to Nigeria was
heartbreaking,” he said.
“I met a woman who witnessed all five of her children
murdered in front of her. Another woman lost her husband and two daughters and
had her unborn child killed.
“We did have positive conversations with the Nigerian
government, and I believe we are close to a strategic security framework to
address both the ISIS and Boko Haram threat in the north-east, as well as the
genocide against Christians by the radical Fulani Muslims in the Middle Belt.”
While in Nigeria, Moore and some members of the US Congress,
including representatives Mario DÃaz-Balart, Norma Torres, Scott Franklin, and
Juan Ciscomani, visited some communities in the north.
During the visit, the delegation met with Nuhu Ribadu, the
national security adviser (NSA), in his office in Abuja, the country’s capital.
Moore has been one of the US politicians insistent on claims
of Christian persecution in Nigeria.
On November 7, he introduced a resolution in the US house of
representatives, “condemning the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria
and supporting President Donald J. Trump’s announcement to officially designate
Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern”.
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