By Ayo Kehinde
US Congressman, Riley Moore has that the government of the United States will, ” closely monitor the 2027 general polls in Nigeria.
Speaking in an interview during with a TV Network, which has gone viral online. Moore said, “What I’d say is that we’re certainly going to be watching these results and how these elections unfold and how they’re executed. And that’s something that myself and the administration are going to be paying very close attention to,” he said.
Congressman Moore has been central to the US policy on religious freedom in Nigeria and a co-sponsor of the Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026, alongside Congressman Chris Smith in February, 2026.
In his Sunday meeting and interview, he further stated that he personally inserted provisions relating to Nigeria into the bill, particularly on the persecution of Christians and conditions tied to future U.S. security assistance.
“We’re working on Chris (Smith)’s bill, which obviously, I’m a co-sponsor of that bill. But I’d say, more importantly, what people need to pay attention to is the appropriations bill that we’re going to have on the floor today,” Moore said, adding that, “There’s a lot of language that I put on that bill that’s inside of it that relates to Nigeria and the persecution of Christians and restrictions on security assistance to the government of Nigeria, and steps that they have to take.”
He submitted that the bill is likely to become law. “We’re about to, hopefully, pass that here today. And so, there’s some pretty strong and aggressive language in that bill that’s going to be binding as it relates to our relationship to Nigeria moving forward,” he said, adding that, “I continue to work with the administration on next steps that we’re going to take. I’m actually going to see President Trump tonight. I’ll be having dinner with him and some other members, so yeah, I continue to talk to him about these issues, and it’s very important to him.”
