A new report from International Christian Concern asserted that the Nigerian government formed a $10 million lobbying effort in the United States to downplay anti-Christian persecution in the African nation.
Trump administration officials have increasingly voiced concern over Islamic violence toward Christian villagers in the northern and central portions of the country — even launching airstrikes against Islamic militants at the end of last year.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, who is a Muslim, has defended his government’s efforts to address the persecution to Western leaders.
But thereportfrom International Christian Concern fellow Justin Joseph said the Tinubu government “has created a $10 million lobbying front to disenfranchise the human rights accountability of the United States.”
The lobbying effort seeks to “whitewash the current ethno-religious genocide of the Nigerian Christians.”
Joseph wrote that Matt Mowers — a former senior White House adviser who worked with the U.S. State Department — is a “a lead operator of the influence campaign on behalf of Nigeria.”
When I visited Nigeria, the government responded swiftly to quell a coup in Benin.
Nigeria’s willingness to step in to stop a violent attack in another country, while they stand by as their own Christian citizens are brutalized makes these absolutely horrific scenes unfolding in…https://t.co/I7Bg6ceN9Z
— Rep. Riley M. Moore (@RepRileyMoore)May 7, 2026
Valcour LLC, Mowers’ firm, was registered as a foreign agent at the end of 2025 — two months after the Trump administration designated Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern.”
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