Nnamdi Kanu Writes Trump, Alleges Hidden Genocide Against Judeo-Christians in Nigeria

Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written to former U.S. President Donald Trump, alleging a silent genocide against Judeo-Christians in Nigeria’s South-East.

In the letter ahead of his court appearance at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Kanu claimed that his terrorism trial was politically driven and called on the U.S. to support a supervised referendum on self-determination for the Igbo people. He described himself as a “Prisoner of Conscience” and a “four-time survivor of state assassination attempts,” adding that his abduction from Kenya in 2021 violated international law.

Kanu accused the Nigerian military of complicity in violence against Christians in the South-East and parts of Benue, Kogi, and Delta states, alleging that operations like “Python Dance” led to mass killings. He also claimed that former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, orchestrated several of these attacks and was shielded from accountability through his ambassadorial position.

In his message, Kanu thanked Trump for his October 2025 statement declaring that the U.S. was “prepared to act militarily” if Nigeria failed to protect its Christian population. He wrote, “Christians in Nigeria face an existential threat. This genocide has spread to the Igbo heartland, where Judeo-Christians are being exterminated under the guise of counter-terrorism.”

Kanu said his continued detention—despite being acquitted by the Court of Appeal in 2022—was proof of “state capture of the rule of law.” He also referenced a United Nations Working Group report (Opinion No. 25/2022) that labelled his imprisonment as “arbitrary, unlawful, and politically motivated.”

He urged Trump to lead a global response by launching a U.S.-led inquiry into alleged state-sponsored massacres in Eastern Nigeria, convening congressional hearings on what he termed “the Igbo Christian genocide,” and imposing Magnitsky sanctions on Nigerian officials implicated in abuses.

Kanu also called for an internationally supervised referendum on Igbo self-determination, stressing that IPOB remains committed to peace and non-violence.

“History will judge us by what we do when genocide knocks,” he wrote. “You have the power to stop another Rwanda. One action could save millions.”

The four-page letter, signed by Kanu and shared by his lawyer, Alloy Ejimakor, on Thursday, reaffirmed his faith and belief that justice would prevail