Abuja, Nigeria – November 6, 2025

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written a letter to former U.S. President Donald J. Trump, alleging that the Nigerian government is complicit in what he described as a “hidden genocide” against Judeo-Christian communities in Eastern Nigeria.

In the four-page letter dated November 6, 2025, and signed from the State Security Service (SSS) headquarters in Abuja, Kanu accused the Nigerian state of orchestrating systemic persecution, abductions, and killings targeting Igbo Christians under the guise of counter-terrorism.

Kanu, through his legal counsel Aloy Ejimakor, addressed Trump as “the 47th President of the United States,” urging him to take decisive action against what he termed “state-sponsored massacres of Judeo-Christians in Eastern Nigeria.”

“Christians in Nigeria face an existential threat… they are being systematically exterminated under the guise of counter-terrorism,” Kanu wrote.

He claimed that since his alleged extraordinary rendition from Kenya in June 2021, he has remained in unlawful detention despite a Court of Appeal judgment in October 2022 that discharged and acquitted him of all charges. Kanu described his continued detention as “a gross violation of Nigeria’s constitution and international law.”

The IPOB leader cited several reported incidents, including the Nkpor Biafra Heroes Day Massacre (2016), Aba High School killings (2016), Operation Python Dance II (2017), and the Obigbo Massacre (2020), which he alleged were carried out with “state complicity” and amounted to crimes against humanity. He referenced findings by Amnesty International, UN Special Rapporteurs, and other human rights groups as evidence.

Kanu also called for:

1. A U.S.-led independent inquiry into the alleged massacres of Igbo Christians.

2. Emergency Congressional hearings on what he termed “the Igbo Christian genocide.”

3. Targeted sanctions under the U.S. Magnitsky Act against key Nigerian officials, including former Army Chief Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai and DSS Director-General Yusuf Bichi.

4. Support for an internationally supervised referendum on self-determination for the Igbo people.

“Mr. President, history will judge us by what we do when genocide knocks,” Kanu wrote in closing. “One tweet, one sanction, one inquiry could save millions.”

The letter concluded with Kanu reaffirming IPOB’s commitment to “peace, faith, and non-violence” and expressing hope that international attention could help end the alleged persecution.

The Nigerian government has yet to officially respond to the claims.