IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu has written to former U.S. President Donald Trump, urging him to take action against what he described as a “Christian genocide” in Nigeria.
In the letter, Kanu praised Trump for acknowledging the killings of Christians in Nigeria, calling his statements “factual and verifiable.” He also claimed that Jewish communities in the country are under threat, adding that he has documented evidence to support his claims.
Kanu cited repeated violent attacks on Judeo-Christian communities across Nigeria, saying the killings are no longer confined to the North but have spread to the South-East and South-South. “This genocide is not confined to the North—it has metastasised into the Igbo heartland, where Judeo-Christians are being systematically exterminated under the guise of counter-terrorism,” he wrote.
The IPOB leader also drew attention to his own abduction from Kenya in June 2021, describing it as an unlawful rendition that violated both Kenyan and international law. He said he has survived multiple assassination attempts by the Nigerian state and remains in solitary detention despite being acquitted by the Abuja Court of Appeal in October 2022. Kanu added that the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention had declared his imprisonment “arbitrary, unlawful, and politically motivated.”
He accused the Nigerian government of exploiting insecurity to target IPOB while granting amnesty to terrorists and bandits. Kanu called for an internationally supervised investigation into the alleged massacres, citing incidents in the South-East and the killing of 20 IPOB members during a pro-Trump rally in Port Harcourt in 2017.
Kanu urged Trump to initiate a U.S.-led inquiry, hold Nigerian officials accountable through sanctions, and support an internationally supervised referendum for self-determination.
“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. 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,” Kanu wrote, concluding with a prayer for Trump’s wisdom and courage to act.
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