Nnamdi Kanu Urges Trump to Investigate Alleged Killings of Christians, Igbos in Nigeria
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has written to United States President Donald Trump, urging him to initiate an independent investigation into what he described as the killings of Christians and Igbo people in the South East.
In a letter dated November 6, 2025, transmitted through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, to the US Embassy in Abuja, Kanu appealed to Trump to act on his recent warning that America was prepared to cut aid or intervene militarily if Nigeria failed to protect its Christian population.
According to the letter, Kanu urged Trump to “launch a US-led independent inquiry into the situation of Judeo-Christians in Eastern Nigeria, with full access to relevant evidence and survivor testimonies.”
He commended the former US president’s statement on religious freedom, describing it as “a beacon of hope for millions who have been abandoned by the world.”
“You have seen the truth: Christians in Nigeria face an existential threat,” Kanu wrote. “I write to reveal that this challenge affects the Igbo heartland, where Judeo-Christians continue to suffer hardship.”
Kanu cited past reports by international rights groups to support his claims. He referenced Amnesty International’s 2016 report alleging that at least 150 peaceful worshippers were killed and their bodies dumped in rivers, as well as UN findings that over 60 were killed and more than 70 injured during a church service at St. Edmund’s Catholic Church.
Kanu reminded Trump that the Nigerian Court of Appeal discharged and acquitted him in October 2022 but that he remains in detention.
“I was never released, so there was no re-arrest only continued unlawful imprisonment in violation of constitutional safeguards,” he stated.
He cited a UN Working Group report that described his detention as “arbitrary and politically motivated,” saying it represented “a state capture of the rule of law to silence a Judeo-Christian voice.”
Kanu called for a US-led inquiry into alleged mass graves, military records, and survivor accounts, as well as emergency congressional hearings on what he termed the “Igbo Christian crisis.”
He urged the US government to consider Magnitsky Act sanctions on officials involved and support “an internationally supervised referendum on self-determination for the Igbo people,” which he described as “the only peaceful solution.”
