Activists Protest in Abuja, Demand Global Intervention for Nnamdi Kanu’s Release
Activists under the coalition of the Concerned Indigenous People of Biafra and Peaceful Global Awareness Campaigners for Justice and Freedom staged a protest in Abuja on Wednesday, calling for urgent international intervention in the detention and ongoing legal proceedings of IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The protesters, who condemned the “unlawful detention and torture” of Kanu, delivered a comprehensive letter dated November 12, 2025, and titled ‘SOS Urgent Global Humanitarian Intervention to End the Unlawful Detention and Torture of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’ to over 15 diplomatic missions and international institutions in Abuja.
Recipients included the United Nations (UN), the United States Embassy, the British High Commission, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the European Union delegation, and embassies of major world powers.
The letter, signed by coalition leader Mr. Adindu Nkem, described the protest as a global SOS appeal for diplomatic intervention in what they term the unlawful abduction and detention of Kanu, alleging he was “kidnapped in Kenya and extra-judicially transferred to Nigeria in June 2021 a clear violation of international law and the sovereignty of Kenya.” This aligns with recent reports that a Kenyan High Court in Nairobi declared Kanu’s detention and transfer to Nigeria in 2021 as unlawful and illegal.
The activists asserted that despite:
* Rulings by Nigerian courts.
* The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) ruling that his detention is arbitrary.
* International human rights resolutions ordering his unconditional release.
The Nigerian government continues to detain Kanu in solitary confinement under inhumane conditions, which they claim amounts to “state-sponsored terrorism and torture,” noting that Kanu’s health has “deteriorated gravely in DSS custody.”
The protesters called on world powers and international institutions to:
* Act immediately to enforce all binding local and international court orders for Kanu’s unconditional release.
* Investigate and sanction those responsible for his illegal abduction from Kenya and ongoing torture in Nigeria.
* Protect peaceful IPOB members against arbitrary arrests and persecution.
* Initiate emergency diplomatic dialogue, arguing that the kidnapping of a self-determination leader from another sovereign nation is “not a domestic issue it is international terrorism.”
Furthermore, the activists demanded the designation of Nigeria as a terrorist state due to persistent human rights violations and the suppression of peaceful self-determination movements.
They also urged the ICC to expand its ongoing investigations into Nigeria to include crimes against humanity and impose targeted sanctions on responsible individuals and state institutions, specifically citing the DSS leadership, the Attorney General’s office, and the Presidency.
It is important to note that the Federal High Court in Abuja recently fixed November 20, 2025, for judgment in the terrorism case against Nnamdi Kanu, after his defense was foreclosed due to his insistence on not entering a defense under what he claimed was a repealed law.
