{"id":199607,"date":"2026-04-22T12:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/199607\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:47:11","slug":"government-officials-involved-in-mass-killings-of-nigerian-christians-ted-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/199607\/","title":{"rendered":"Government officials involved in mass killings of Nigerian Christians: Ted Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has accused President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration of complicity in the mass murder of Christians in northern Nigeria, alleging that the authorities \u201clook the other way\u201d as followers of Jesus Christ are targeted and killed.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Mr Cruz briefed his colleagues on findings into allegations of Christian genocide in northern Nigeria. He said Nigeria\u2019s designation as a country of particular concern had produced no meaningful action from Mr Tinubu\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigerian officials have been, unfortunately, complicit in facilitating these atrocities,\u201d Mr Cruz said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Cruz, the rot runs across every tier of government, asserting all levels of Mr Tinubu\u2019s administration have been compromised to enable violence against Christians.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the state level, a dozen Nigerian states implement Islamist blasphemy and Sharia laws. At the federal level, the government looks the other way at Islamist violence. The result is unsurprisingly more Islamic jihadists violence,\u201d said the U.S. legislator.<\/p>\n

Mr Cruz believes that \u201cmore Christians are killed for their faith in Nigeria than anywhere else in the world\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 2009, Islamic jihadists have murdered more than 50,000 Christians in Nigeria and more than 20,000 churches, schools, and religious institutions have been destroyed, most burned to the ground,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The American lawmaker said the U.S. had identified and sanctioned the government officials sponsoring violence in the country.<\/p>\n

Mr Cruz introduced the Nigerian Religious Freedom Accountability Act in 2025 and facilitated the U.S. designation of Nigeria as a \u2018country of particular concern\u2019 over alleged targeted killings of Christians.<\/p>\n

The presidency did not immediately reply to request for comment on the matter. But the Nigerian government has always denied being complicit and turning a blind eye to the killings in the North and other regions.<\/p>\n


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