US Report Alleges Nigerian Police and Army Colluded with Fulani Militias

A US commission on religious freedom accuses some Nigerian police and army officers of colluding with Fulani militias in deadly attacks and abductions of religious communities. It has urged Congress to sanction lobbyists for governments blacklisted over rights abuses. US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says President Trump ordered the Pentagon to prioritise Nigerian Christians targeted by ISIS. That directive led to the killing of ISIS’s second-in-command in Nigeria. A May 2026 USCIRF report warns that government censorship and mixed media narratives hinder accurate analysis of these armed groups. It highlights economic, environmental and religious motives behind the violence, with some observers calling it genocide against non-Muslims.

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