Senators Ernst and Grassley Ask Trump to Deploy Special Envoy to Nigeria to End Christian Genocide

Two Republican senators are asking President
Trump to protect Christians facing ongoing
brutal persecution from Islamic groups in
Nigeria.
Iowa senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley
recently sent him a letter, asking the president
to consider deploying a special envoy to help
end the Christian genocide in Nigeria.
In their letter, the senators point to 40,000
Nigerian deaths tied to the Islamic terrorist
group Boko Haram.
Along with other Islamic militants known as the
Fulani herdsmen, the Boko Haram has long
threatened the lives of Christians in the West
African country.
Two years ago during a meeting, President
Trump asked Nigerian President Muhammadu
Buhari to protect “innocent civilians of all
faiths.”
But Ernst and Grassley want more done to
protect the lives of Christians.
As CBN News reported earlier this month, a
report released by a Nigerian organization
estimates around 620 Christians were killed in
the African country by Islamic militants during
the first five months of 2020 alone.
The International Society for Civil Liberties &
Rule of Law (ISCLRL), an organization not
aligned with the Nigerian government, released
the report which also warned militant Fulani
herdsmen and the Boko Haram have intensified
their anti-Christian violence in the old Middle
Belt and Northeast regions of the country with
the burning or destroying of Christian centers
of worship and learning. In addition, hundreds
of homes have been destroyed.
The ISCLRL headed by Christian Emeka
Umeagbalasi noted in its report no fewer than
620 defenseless Christians have been killed
since the year began with no reprisal action
taken by the government or the Nigerian
military forces against the Fulani or the Boko
Haram.
“The atrocities against Christians have gone
unchecked and risen to alarming apogee with
the country’s security forces and concerned
political actors looking the other way or
colluding with the Jihadists,” the report said.
The organization also estimated that more than
32,000 Christians have been killed there by
Islamic militants since 2009.
The mainstream media in the US has remained
largely silent as the Muslim terrorists’
merciless killing of Nigerian Christians rages
on.
Nigeria is ranked 12th on Open Doors’ 2020
World Watch List of countries where Christians
suffer the most persecution.