President Trump has approved sanctions against the Tinob administration, allegedly killing Christians in Nigeria.
Nigeria News Nalin The report said that the U.S. House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Subcommittee provided a green light to President Donald Trump to impose strict sanctions on Nigeria in response to widespread K! Kill Christians in the country.
The decision follows a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, March 12. During this period, lawmakers condemned the Nigerian government’s failure to protect Christian communities from escalating violence.
The committee also cites the 2024 report from the African Religious Freedom Observatory, which shows that Nigerians account for 90% of all Christians worldwide each year.
The report records that between October 2019 and September 2023, a staggering 55,910 people were killed while 21,000 were kidnapped by terrorist groups operating in the region.
During the hearing, the committee chairman Chris Smith stressed the seriousness of the crisis, pointing to the testimony of Bishop Wilfred Anagbe, Bishop of the Diocese of Makurdi, Nigeria, as a viable witness.
He said: “Today, one of our outstanding witnesses – Wilfred Anagbe – has been with us for a long distance and his testimony is both convincing and disturbing.
“The warlike Fulani herders are terrorists. They steal and destroy, they kill and boast, kidnap and rape, they enjoy the complete impunity of elected officials. None of them were arrested or brought to justice.”
“There is no doubt that these attacks are religiously motivated,” the report said. He added: “The denial of this reality contradicts the overwhelming evidence we see with our own eyes. This “religious purge” must stop and must be held accountable.”
The Congress panel strongly criticized the Nigerian government for not addressing religiously motivated violence despite the constitution protecting religious freedom.
Legislators expressed concern about the weapons of Nigeria’s judicial system, which had invoked cases where blasphemy laws were used to target religious minorities.
