More than 7,000 Christians have been butchered in Nigeria so far this year—and the slaughter shows no sign of slowing. President Trump has declared in unambiguous terms that America will no longer tolerate this genocide.
On Truth Social, he ordered the Pentagon to prepare “guns-a-blazing” action to obliterate the Islamic terrorists terrorizing Christian villages. He warned Nigeria’s leaders: stop the bloodshed or lose every penny of U.S. aid—and face the full fury of American arms.
This isn’t bluster. The State Department has slapped Nigeria onto its “Countries of Particular Concern” list for abject failure to protect religious liberty. Washington will cut off assistance immediately unless Nigeria’s government clamps down on extremist militias.
Since Boko Haram launched its jihad in 2009, more than 125,000 Christians have perished and 19,000 churches lie in ruins. Intersociety reports that these terrorists are determined to erase Christianity—and Nigeria’s rulers have proven incapable of stopping them.
Nigeria’s hollow promises of tolerance ring false when they refuse to confront Islamist warlords. The Foreign Ministry’s paeans to “diversity” do nothing for the widows and orphans left behind by mass executions and church burnings.
Senator Ted Cruz has introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025 to impose targeted sanctions on Nigerian officials who facilitate persecution. Any minister who enforces sharia death sentences or turns a blind eye to ethnic cleansing must face personal financial penalties.
Congress must move swiftly to pass Cruz’s bill. American taxpayers should not bankroll a regime that allows terror gangs to butcher innocents with impunity. Our moral authority demands action—diplomatic pressure alone has failed.
If Nigeria’s government cannot—or will not—protect its own citizens, the United States will step in. We have the might, the intelligence network, and the unwavering resolve to crush these terrorists wherever they hide.
No more appeasement. No more hand-wringing. America stands for religious freedom, and we will not flinch in defending Christians in Nigeria—or anywhere they are hunted for their faith.
