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Nnamdi Kanu urges US President Donald Trump to investigate alleged killings of Christians and Igbos.
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Kanu’s letter, sent via the US Embassy in Abuja, appeals for a US-led inquiry and sanctions on Nigerian officials.
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He warns of “a second Rwanda” if global powers fail to act against state-backed massacres.
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written to US President Donald Trump, urging him to launch an independent inquiry into what he described as state-sponsored genocidal killings of Christians and Igbo people in Nigeria’s South-East region.
In a letter dated November 6, 2025, and delivered through the US Embassy in Abuja, Kanu — who remains in solitary confinement at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters — appealed to Trump to act on his recent statement that the United States was “prepared to act militarily and cut aid if Nigeria fails to protect its Christian population.”
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Kanu’s letter, obtained by Sahara Reporters, called for a US-led investigation with “full access to mass graves, military logs, and survivor testimonies,” alleging that Nigerian security forces have carried out systematic massacres under the guise of counter-terrorism operations.
He cited several incidents — including the 2016 Nkpor and Aba killings, the 2017 Operation Python Dance invasion of his Afaraukwu residence, and the 2020 Obigbo massacre — as evidence of what he called “a hidden genocide against Judeo-Christians.”
“Christians in Nigeria face an existential threat. This genocide is not confined to the North; it has metastasized into the Igbo heartland,” Kanu wrote.
The IPOB leader referenced reports by Amnesty International, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions, and Nigerian rights group Intersociety, which he said documented the killings of peaceful worshippers and extrajudicial executions.
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He further accused former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, of overseeing military operations that targeted Christian communities, alleging that his later appointment as Ambassador to Benin Republic in 2021 granted him “diplomatic immunity to evade ICC prosecution.”
Kanu recounted his personal ordeal since 2015, including four assassination attempts and his extraordinary rendition from Kenya in 2021 — an act later declared illegal by a Kenyan court. He reminded Trump that the Nigerian Court of Appeal had discharged and acquitted him in October 2022, yet the government refused to obey the order for his release.
“I was never released, so there was no re-arrest — only continued unlawful imprisonment,” he said.
The letter also called for US Congressional hearings on the “Igbo Christian genocide” and the imposition of Magnitsky Act sanctions on top Nigerian officials, including Buratai and former DSS Director-General Yusuf Bichi.
Kanu concluded his appeal with a warning:
“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.”
He signed the letter as “Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu, Leader, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Prisoner of Conscience – DSS Custody, Abuja,” reaffirming his commitment to non-violence and justice.
