Frank Wolf: “Is anybody looking at that? One, do you agree with that number, or you just do not know if that number is accurate?”

Our conclusion from that visit and many others, the ongoing research continues to be that the government of Nigeria is perpetrating and tolerating a systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of freedom of religion or belief.

Let me be clear. Nigeria clearly meets the CPC standard under USCIRF, not only based on evidence that public reported but what should be reflected in the State Department's own reporting.

I do not know how you feel about that. But I'm not really thrilled about it.

Conditions are worse today than when the CPC designation was given before.