A senior United States lawmaker, Senator Ted Cruz, has disclosed that the US Government is tracking several unnamed Nigerian government officials whom he accused of sponsoring terror in the country.

In a message posted on his X handle on Tuesday, in response to the Palm Sunday killings in Angwan Rukuba, Gari Ya Waye area in Jos, the US lawmaker accused Nigerian government officials of implementing policies that encourage the activities of terror groups in the country.

Specifically, the US lawmaker stated that Sharia law, as implemented in parts of northern Nigeria, has encouraged terror groups to operate unchecked in the country.

Nigerian government officials have created an environment in which Christians are routinely persecuted and slaughtered by imposing sharia law and looking the other way at violence. Those officials should know that the US knows who they are and has the tools to hold them accountable.”

Similarly, Senator Riley Moore, in his post, described the Palm Sunday killings in Jos as “sickening and unacceptable”. These radical Islamic terrorists opened fire on the Christians before hacking them to pieces with machetes.

He added, “This tragedy follows a pattern of radical Islamic terrorists massacring Christians on Holy Days. In fact, terrorists have attacked Christians in Nigeria on every single holy day in recent memory, except for last Christmas when President Trump sent 12 Tomahawk cruise missiles to stop them.

“Abuja knows this pattern, and they must massively ramp up security for the Tridduum and Easter. If they don’t take this threat seriously and mobilise to defend our brothers and sisters in Christ, the blood of these martyrs will be on their hands, and there will be significant consequences for Nigeria’s relationship with the United States.” (The Sun, excluding headline)