A United States Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 14, Kimberly Daniels, has accused Nigeria’s minister of state for defence, Bello Matawalle, of bribery.
Recall that Daniels had urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to redeploy or remove Matawalle, citing concerns over Nigeria’s worsening security situation.
The lawmaker’s intervention follows renewed attacks in parts of the North-Central and North-West regions during the 2026 Easter period, which resulted in multiple casualties in Plateau, Kaduna and Nasarawa states.
According to her, the report highlighted a growing gap between official assurances and the realities faced by communities affected by violence.
Sharing fresh concerns in a video on her Facebook page on Monday, Kimberly alleged that Matawalle attempted to bribe a US official to deflect the narrative of the United World Congress of Diplomats, UN-WCD, report.
Daniels, who doubled as the chairperson of UN-WCD, said Matawalle’s alleged move was to cover up the UN-WCD report on Christian genocide in Nigeria, which indicted him.
Daniels insisted that no amount of pressure can silence her stand against the killings of Christians in Nigeria.
“A US elected official was offered money by Nigeria’s minister of state defense, Bello Matawalle, to change the narrative of the UN-WCD Christian genocide in Nigeria report,” she said in the viral video.