A member of the United States Congress representing West Virginia’s Second District, Rep Riley M. Moore has reacted to the submission of the former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso on the alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria.
Naijaonpoint reports that Kwankwaso, while reacting to the designation of Nigeria as Country of Particular Concerns by President Donald Trump and the subsequent threat of military action, denied Christian genocide.
He argued that the insecurity facing Nigeria “does not distinguish based on religious, ethnic, or political beliefs”.
“Nigeria remains a sovereign nation facing security challenges caused by outlaws, not by religion or ethnicity.
“The insecurity we face does not distinguish based on religious, ethnic, or political beliefs,” he stated.
Kwankwaso noted that careless foreign statements risk deepening division in an already fragile environment, calling for international understanding of Nigeria’s complex security realities.
However, sharing the statement on his official 𝕏 handle, Rep Moore linked Kwankwaso to the alleged death of some Nigerian Christians.
According to the lawmaker, Kwankwaso instituted the sharia law, which he claimed made blasphemy “punishable by death”.
The US lawmaker wrote, “Governor, do you care to comment on your own complicity in the death of Christians?
“You instituted Sharia law. You signed the law that makes so-called blasphemy punishable by death”.
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