The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has written to United States President Donald Trump, urging him to launch an investigation into the alleged killing of Christians in the South-East region of Nigeria.
Kanu said this in a letter dated November 6, 2025, and delivered through the US Embassy in Abuja.
The IPOB leader appealed to Trump to act on his recent statement that the United States was “prepared to act” and suspend aid if the Nigerian government fails to protect Christians in the country.
Kanu, who alleged that many Christian worshippers were killed by gunmen in the South-East, stated: “I extend warm greetings to you in the name of the Judeo-Christian faith and values we both hold dear. As a practicing Jew and a believer in the Judeo-Christian heritage that shaped Western civilization, I was honored to attend your campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, in January 2020.
“Your bold declaration on October 31, 2025—that the United States is ‘prepared to act’ militarily and cut aid if Nigeria fails to protect its Christian population—has ignited hope in the hearts of millions who have been abandoned by the world. You have seen the truth: Christians in Nigeria face an existential threat.
“I write to you now to reveal that this genocide is not confined to the North—it has metastasized into the Igbo heartland, where Judeo-Christians are being systematically exterminated under the guise of counter-terrorism.
“I am Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a peaceful, non-violent civil rights movement rooted in Judeo-Christian principles. Since 2015, I have survived four documented assassination attempts by the Nigerian state.
“On 20 June 2021, I was forcibly abducted from Kenya in an extraordinary rendition operation—an act that violated Kenyan and international law, as condemned by a Kenyan High Court ruling (Petition No. E282 of 2021).
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“Despite this ruling, I was illegally transported to Nigeria and thrown into solitary detention in Abuja, without a valid subsisting charge and for the sole crime of defending my people’s right to life, faith, and self-determination under international law.”
Kanu added: “Amnesty International (2016) reported at least 150 peaceful Christian worshippers killed, bodies dumped in rivers. UN Special Rapporteur Agnès Callamard confirmed that at least 60 were killed and over 70 were injured in St. Edmund’s Catholic Church during prayers.
“This was not a clash. It was a massacre of worshippers commemorating their fallen. In Aba, 22 were killed on-site, and 13 bodies were exhumed from a borrow pit. Children were executed for singing ‘Sweet Jesus’.
“The same extremist-backed forces you have condemned in the North—Boko Haram, ISWAP, and Fulani militias—operate with state complicity in the South-East and Igbo-speaking territories of Benue, Kogi, and Delta. But here, the Nigerian military itself is the primary perpetrator, shielded by a false narrative that blames victims. These atrocities are irrefutably documented.
“Since my illegal rendition, Nigeria has declared IPOB a ‘terrorist organization’ despite zero evidence of violence (confirmed by U.S. State Department, 2021). Orchestrated ‘unknown gunmen’ attacksusing state-backed militias, then blamed IPOB. Killed over 2,000 Igbo youths in “counter-terrorism” operations (Intersociety, 2021–2025). This is Rwanda’s playbook: create chaos, blame the victim, justify extermination.”
Kanu, however, reaffirmed his commitment to peace and justice in Nigeria, saying: “Mr President, history will judge us by what we do when genocide knocks. You have the power to stop a second Rwanda in Africa. One tweet, one sanction, one inquiry could save millions.
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“I remain steadfast in peace, faith, and non-violence―even from a prison cell. IPOB rejects every form of violence. We seek only justice, truth, and freedom.
“May the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob―who delivered Israel from Pharaoh―grant you wisdom and courage to deliver His people once again.”
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