Nnamdi Kanu Writes Trump, Calls For U.S. Investigation Into ‘Genocide Against Christians’ In South-East Nigeria

 Nnamdi Kanu Writes Trump, Calls For U.S. Investigation Into ‘Genocide Against Christians’ In South-East Nigeria

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written a powerful letter to former U.S. President Donald J. Trump, urging Washington to launch an independent inquiry into what he described as “a state-sponsored genocide” targeting Christians and members of the Igbo ethnic group in Nigeria’s South-East region.

In the letter dated November 6, 2025, and delivered through the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Kanu, who remains in solitary confinement at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters, expressed deep appreciation for Trump’s recent remarks vowing to take decisive action should Nigeria fail to protect its Christian population.

“I extend warm greetings to you in the name of the Judeo-Christian faith and values we both hold dear,” Kanu wrote.

“Your bold declaration on October 31, 2025, that the United States is ‘prepared to act militarily and cut aid if Nigeria fails to protect its Christian population’ ignited hope in the hearts of millions who have been abandoned by the world.”

Kanu commended Trump’s stance as a “moral awakening,” stressing that Christian communities in Nigeria are facing an existential threat that has gone largely unaddressed by the international community.

In his letter, the IPOB leader alleged that the ongoing persecution of Christians in Northern Nigeria has now spread into the South-East, particularly targeting what he called “Judeo-Christian Igbos.”

 “You have seen the truth: Christians in Nigeria face an existential threat,” he continued.

“This genocide is not confined to the North; it has metastasized into the Igbo heartland, where Judeo-Christians are being systematically exterminated under the guise of counter-terrorism.”

Kanu cited a series of bloody crackdowns and military operations he claimed were orchestrated by the Nigerian government as part of this hidden campaign of extermination.

He referenced the 2016 Nkpor and Aba massacres, the 2017 ‘Operation Python Dance’ military raid on his Afaraukwu country home, and the 2020 Obigbo killings, describing them as examples of state-orchestrated assaults on unarmed Christian worshippers.

To back his claims, Kanu quoted reports from Amnesty International, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions, and local human rights group Intersociety, all of which, according to him, documented widespread human rights violations committed by the Nigerian military in the South-East.

 “Amnesty International (2016) reported ‘at least 150 peaceful Christian worshippers killed, bodies dumped in rivers.’

UN Special Rapporteur Agnès Callamard confirmed that at least 60 were killed and over 70 injured in St. Edmund’s Catholic Church during prayers,” Kanu wrote.

“This was not a clash. It was a massacre of worshippers commemorating their fallen. In Aba, 22 were killed on-site, and 13 bodies were exhumed from a borrow pit. Children were executed for singing ‘Sweet Jesus.’”

Kanu directly accused Lt-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff, of overseeing many of these military operations.

He further alleged that in 2021, then-President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Buratai as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin Republic as a way to shield him from potential prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

 “This was state-sponsored impunity on a genocidal scale,” Kanu declared.

In his concluding remarks, Kanu urged Trump and the U.S. government to use their global influence to ensure justice for victims of religious persecution and to hold those responsible accountable.

“The blood of innocents cries out for justice,” he wrote. “Only decisive international intervention can stop the annihilation of Judeo-Christians in Nigeria.”