The resolution would also urge the administration to appoint a special U.S. envoy to monitor and report on incidents of persecution. For years, Nigeria has be.
More than 365 million, or one in seven, Christians face high levels of persecution for their faith – and persecution is becoming dangerously violent in countries on the 2024 World Watch List.
Assailants went on a rampage on Christmas Eve in Nigeria's Plateau State, killing at least 96 people in 15 communities, police said and some media estimates put the number killed at 140, International Christian Concern said.
The World Council of Churches has expressed deep concern about the worsening security situation in Nigeria, and the impact on the people and churches of the country and has called on the support of the international community.
Christians are demanding improved security after an armed gang recently attacked a train in northern Nigeria, killing eight people, injuring two dozen more and abducting some of the 400 passengers.