Frank Wolf: “The number one objective has to be national security. And that has to be paramount.”

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

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.

Despite our analysis and recommendation, the State Department has only recognized the severity of the religious freedom violation in Nigeria twice.

We are not affording them the same protections when they're clearly, clearly an attacked religious minority.