Genocide in Benue: U.S. Congressman Exposes Horror Christians Face in Nigeria
By Paul Ebi
A nightmare unfolding in Nigeria’s heartland has now reached the eyes of the world. U.S. Congressman Riley M. Moore has exposed unthinkable brutality against Christian communities in Benue State, revealing a human tragedy that reads more like a horror story than reality.
More than 600,000 displaced Christians are trapped in squalid, overcrowded IDP camps after fleeing blood-soaked villages, survivors of merciless attacks that left entire families annihilated. Moore, representing West Virginia’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives, met with victims whose accounts will haunt anyone with a conscience.
One woman, he said, was forced to watch her husband and five children murdered before she escaped—pregnant and terrified. Another survivor endured the unspeakable horror of having her baby ripped from her womb after witnessing her family’s slaughter. A man he encountered had his family hacked to death while he was left with a mangled, useless arm—a grotesque scar of the violence that has become routine.
“These Christians should be able to live in their ancestral homeland without fear,” Moore thundered online, condemning the attacks as genocidal violence. The U.S. lawmaker warned the scale of the displacement signals a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions, demanding immediate international action.
The congressman shared graphic photographs from his visit—images that reveal the shocking conditions of the camps and the faces of those who have endured unimaginable suffering.
For years, Nigerian authorities and international rights groups have documented attacks across the Middle Belt, but Moore’s firsthand account is a blistering wake-up call to the world. The repeated targeting of rural Christian communities is no longer a statistic—it is a full-blown humanitarian emergency, ignored at the peril of human decency.
The question now is blunt and urgent: How many more families must be slaughtered before the global community acts? The blood of Benue’s innocent cries out for justice, and time is running out.
