U.S. Lawmaker Claims "Close" to Strategic Deal on Nigerian Insecurity, Details "Heartbreaking" Atrocities
The leader of a recent U.S. congressional delegation to Nigeria has declared that Washington is "close" to finalizing a strategic security framework with the Nigerian government to combat the nation's escalating violence, which he described in harrowing detail. Congressman Riley Moore, who led the fact-finding mission investigating claims of Christian genocide, made the statement in a Saturday interview on Fox News. He revealed "heartbreaking" testimonies from survivors, including a woman who watched all five of her children murdered and another who lost her husband, two daughters, and an unborn child. A Dual-Focus Strategy Moore indicated the proposed U.S.-Nigeria framework would target two major security threats simultaneously. "I believe we are close to a strategic security framework to address both the ISIS and Boko Haram threat in the Northeast, as well as the genocide against Christians by the radical Fulani Muslims in the Midd...