US Congressman Riley M. Moore has formally presented a congressional report to President Donald Trump calling for sweeping measures to address violence against Christian communities in Nigeria, including the repeal of sharia and blasphemy laws in parts of the country.
In a press release issued in Washington, Moore said he joined members of the House Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs at the White House to submit what he described as a “comprehensive report outlining concrete actions to end the persecution of Christians in Nigeria and counter growing extremist violence in the region”.
The submission follows President Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) on October 31, 2025, under the US International Religious Freedom Act. Moore said the president tasked him and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole to lead a congressional investigation into what he termed “the persecution against Christian communities and security challenges plaguing Nigeria”.
According to Moore, the report was the result of “months of investigation, including a bipartisan congressional fact-finding trip to Nigeria, hearings with expert witnesses, consultations with religious leaders, meetings with Internally Displaced Persons, and engagement with senior Nigerian government officials”.
“I travelled on a bipartisan delegation to Nigeria and saw with my own eyes the horrific atrocities Christians face, and the instability the Nigerian government must combat,” Moore said in the statement.
