U.S CONGRESSMAN RAISES ALARM AS 600,000 DISPLACED CHRISTIANS CROWD BENUE IDP CAMPS. (PHOTO).

U.S CONGRESSMAN RAISES ALARM AS 600,000 DISPLACED CHRISTIANS CROWD BENUE IDP CAMPS

10th December, 2025

United States Congressman Riley M. Moore has raised fresh concerns over what he describes as “genocidal violence” targeting Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, warning that more than 600,000 displaced Christians are currently packed into Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps across Benue State.

Moore, who represents West Virginia’s 2nd District, recently visited several camps in the state, where he said he encountered survivors living with trauma from years of relentless attacks. The congressman described the accounts he heard as “horrible” and “unforgettable.”

In a series of posts on his official X handle, Moore shared harrowing testimonies from victims who recounted brutal killings carried out during raids on rural villages.

One woman, he said, was forced to watch as armed attackers killed her husband and five children. She escaped only with her unborn baby. Another survivor told Moore that insurgents murdered her entire family before violently cutting the child from her womb.

Moore also met a man whose family was “hacked to death,” leaving him permanently disabled after his arm was mutilated in the attack.

“These Christians should be able to live in their ancestral homeland without fear,” Moore said, condemning what he called targeted violence against farming communities in the region.

The congressman warned that the scale of displacement in Benue reflects a deepening humanitarian crisis one he believes the world is not paying enough attention to. He called for urgent international intervention to protect vulnerable populations and improve the dire conditions in Benue’s overcrowded IDP camps, where many victims have lived for years without hope of returning home.

Moore also posted photographs from his visit, showing families struggling in basic shelters and survivors who bear both physical and emotional scars.

For over a decade, attacks on communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt have been recorded by both local and global rights groups. While reports vary and the identity of perpetrators remains contested, Moore’s visit adds to growing international pressure on authorities to act decisively and address the root causes of the violence.