IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu has written an open letter to former U.S. President Donald Trump, alleging an ongoing genocide against Christians in Nigeria that has spread to the Southeast, affecting Igbo communities.
In the letter, Kanu commended Trump’s recent statement threatening U.S. action if Nigeria fails to protect its Christian population, saying it offered “hope to millions abandoned by the world.” He claimed that Nigerian security forces, under the guise of fighting terrorism, are carrying out systematic killings of Judeo-Christians in the South-East.
Kanu, who described IPOB as a peaceful civil rights movement, said he had survived multiple assassination attempts and was “illegally abducted” from Kenya in 2021 in violation of international law. He accused the Nigerian government of using state-backed militias to stage attacks and blame IPOB, resulting in the deaths of over 2,000 Igbo youths.
He urged Trump to recognize what he called “a hidden genocide” being carried out with government complicity.
Kanu, who was first arrested in 2015, fled Nigeria after being granted bail in 2017 but was rearrested in 2021. He remains in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) facing terrorism-related charges.
