IPOB Applauds US over Designation of Nigeria ‘A Country of Particular Concern’, Calls for Independent Inquiry into “Ethno-religious Killings in Igboland”

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described the United States’ recent designation of Nigeria ‘a country of particular concern’ over reported “massive killing of Christians” in parts of the country, as a welcome development, especially as the announcement came on “the heels of the Canadian court’s landmark designation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as terror-enabling organisations.”

The pro-self-determination group expressed “profound gratitude to President Donald J. Trump, Senator Ted Cruz and to all patriotic Biafrans and friends of Biafra in the United States, who have relentlessly championed this noble cause,” enthusing that “their courageous advocacy has brought global attention to the evil of religious persecution, state-sponsored violence and sectarian killings that have long plagued Nigeria—particularly targeting the Christian and Igbo populations.”

“This recognition is not merely symbolic; it represents a moral victory for justice, truth and the sanctity of human life. By calling out the Nigerian state’s complicity in ethnic and religious violence, the international community has helped to save countless lives that would otherwise have been lost to orchestrated insecurity and genocidal attacks,” IPOB declared in the statement issued by the group’s mMedia and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful.

The Nnamdi Kanu-led pro-Biafra organisation, however, urged the U.S. government and the broader international community to go further and organise an independent international inquiry into the root causes of persistent ethno-religious killings and insecurity in Igboland, in particular, pointing out that such an inquiry “is essential to unmask the perpetrators, financiers and political enablers behind these heinous acts, and to ensure that justice is done in accordance with international human rights law.”

“We salute the unyielding courage and resilience of all Biafrans worldwide, especially the exceptional advocacy of American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID), Ambassadors for Self-Determination, along with other advocates of liberty around the world who have continued to speak against tyranny, impunity and the ongoing genocide against our people and Northern Nigeria Christian communities,” IPOB stressed.

Noting that history will remember the courage of all those who continue to fight, even putting their lives on the line, that relief may come to the long-suffering peoples of the Middle Belt region as a result of this designation, the Biafra self-determination group surmised: “Once again, we commend all members of this great IPOB family for their unwavering determination in pursuit of freedom rooted in liberty for all. All of you played a part in this significant diplomatic milestone. Together, we have taken another step towards truth, justice, and the restoration of the dignity of all peoples trapped in this Lugardian contraption called Nigeria.”