[ DATE ]

 

[ADDRESS]

The Honorable [REPRESENTATIVE'S FIRST NAME, LAST NAME]

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, DC 20515

 

Dear Representative [LAST NAME]:

 

DESIGNATE NIGERIA A COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC)

 

My name is [ YOUR NAME …………………… ] I am a U.S. citizen of Nigerian descent. I live at [ YOUR ADDRESS …… …………….. ] within your constituent. I ask that you raise your voice and stand with your colleagues against the atrocious destruction of human lives by the various insurgent groups in Nigeria by urging the President and the U.S. State Department to designate Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern (CPC).  

 

Nigeria is the biggest killing ground of Christians today. Nigeria is becoming the world's 'biggest killing ground for Christian.1 New United Nations Development Program (UNDP) data on the war in Nigeria conflict showed about 350,000 were killed by the Islamist insurgencies as of the end of 2020. This number was 10 times higher than previous estimates since the conflict started 12 years ago. 2. The report stated that should the conflict continues to 2030, more than 1.1 million people may die.2

 

Many Statesmen have warned that if urgent steps are not taken to arrest the violence in Nigeria, it can affect the entire African continent and Europe," particularly if the flow of refugees out of Nigeria accelerates. We don't want to look back a decade from now and regret that we allowed another Rwanda. Nigerian Christian community faces peril.3.

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Recently, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a 200-level student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto in northern Nigeria was murdered on her university campus. The murdered woman, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, was she was the leader of a women’s Christian fellowship group on campus. Debora’s crime was asking students not to post religious messages to a group the group Whatsapp. 4.

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Two videos were posted online to show Debora’s killing. In one, a half dozen men beat Deborah’s lifeless body with sticks while they shout “Allahu Akbar” (God is great). A second video shows her body burning while her killers boast about killing her. 5.

 

I ask that you work with your colleagues to implore U.S. President through the State Department to hold the Nigerian government accountable by deploring all foreign policy tools, including designating Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). 

 

I look forward to hearing from you about these concerns.

 

 Sincerely,

[ YOUR NAME ]

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1.             Nigeria is becoming the world's 'biggest killing ground for Christian.1 https://cruxnow.com/church-in-africa/2020/08/nigeria-is-becoming-worlds-biggest-killing-ground-of-christians/.

2.             U.N.: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/northeast-nigeria-insurgency-has-killed-almost-350000-un-2021-06-24/

3.          The Christian Science Monitor: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2020/0316/Nigerian-Christian-community-faces-peril-White-House-is-told

4. A rumor circulated that she had insulted Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Christian Student Lynched by Mob in Northern Nigeria-https://csi-usa.org/christian-student-lynched-by-mob-in-northern-nigeria/

5. Christian Student Lynched by Mob in Northern Nigeria-https://csi-usa.org/christian-student-lynched-by-mob-in-northern-nigeria/ The next day, she was killed. Christian Student Lynched by Mob in Northern Nigeria: https://csi-usa.org/christian-student-lynched-by-mob-in-northern-nigeria/