President Trump has voiced strong condemnation of Christian persecution in Nigeria, accusing the Nigerian government of inaction and warning of potential consequences.



President Donald Trump expressed outrage regarding the Christian persecution in Nigeria and said the Nigerian government has “done nothing" about it.

"I’m really angry about it," the president told Fox News Radio on Friday. "What’s happening in Nigeria is a disgrace."

Trump previously designated Nigeria as a country of particular concern and warned of potential military action and cutting off of federal aid. Nigerian officials, however, have denied the president’s accusation that the country is allowing Christians to be killed, Fox News reported.

Meanwhile, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met with Nigerian National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu last week and “emphasized the need for Nigeria to demonstrate commitment and take both urgent and enduring action to stop violence against Christians and conveyed the Department’s desire to work by, with, and through Nigeria to deter and degrade terrorists that threaten the United States," the Pentagon said in a statement, The Christian Post reported.

Testifying before Congress last Thursday, Jonathan Pratt, who leads the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, stated any Pentagon involvement would be part of a broader strategy.

"This would span from security to policing to economic," he said. "We want to look at all of these tools and have a comprehensive strategy to get the best result possible."

According to the human rights NGO International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety, over 7,000 Christians have been murdered in 2025 alone, which is about an average of 35 killings alone, Newsweek reported. Last week, over 300 children and 12 teachers at a Catholic school were abducted from a Catholic School in the Northern Region of Nigeria.

“Our hearts break, and we pray for the families affected by this latest tragedy,” Wright said. “The government of Nigeria must do more to protect Christian communities after years and years of ineffectiveness and empty promises,” International Christian Concern (ICC) President Shawn Wright said in a statement.

“Yes, it’s a complex situation in Nigeria, but Christians have suffered from extremists’ attacks while government officials and much of the world have looked the other way.”

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