A United States congressman, Riley Moore, contrasted deadly Christmas attacks in Nigeria with US military action taken on Christmas Day, saying American forces were used this year against Islamist militants rather than marking another holiday of bloodshed for Nigerian Christians. Moore wrote Saturday on X that Christians in Nigeria had been killed during the past two Christmas seasons, but said that this year, the response was directed at extremist groups instead. Recall that the US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that US forces conducted deadly strikes against Islamic State terrorists in Northwestern Nigeria, and vowed more attacks if the militants keep killing Christians. In 2023, reports on Christmas Eve said at least 140 people were killed and others were missing after gunmen carried out a series of attacks on remote villages in Plateau State. In 2024, separate reports said herdsmen attacked a cluster of five predominantly Christian villages in Benue State on Christmas Day, killing at least 33 people.

Source: Punch December 27, 2025 12:54 UTC