{"id":123515,"date":"2025-11-02T18:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123515"},"modified":"2025-11-02T18:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:51:28","slug":"cpc-ipob-hails-trump-demands-international-probe-into-south-east-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/cpc-ipob-hails-trump-demands-international-probe-into-south-east-killings\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC: IPOB Hails Trump, Demands International Probe into South-East Killings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Myke Agunwa, Abuja<\/div>\n
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has thrown its full support behind the recent decision of the United States government to designate Nigeria as a \u201cCountry of Particular Concern\u201d (CPC) over alleged violations of religious freedom, describing the move as a \u201cmoral victory\u201d for justice, truth, and the sanctity of human life.<\/div>\n
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The separatist group\u2019s endorsement comes amid a wave of international reactions including posts by former U.S. President Donald Trump and several members of Congress calling attention to what they described as \u201cworsening religious persecution and ethnic violence\u201d in Nigeria.<\/div>\n
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In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said, \u201cChristianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a \u2018Country of Particular Concern.\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n
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He added, \u201cThe United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria and numerous other countries. We stand ready, willing, and able to save our great Christian population around the world.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Echoing Trump\u2019s sentiment, U.S. Congressman Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) posted on X (formerly Twitter):<\/div>\n
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\u201cChristians are being persecuted and killed in Nigeria for professing their faith in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The killings must stop. That\u2019s why I\u2019m urging the State Department to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Similarly, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a bill urging accountability for Nigerian officials complicit in religious violence, describing the situation as \u201ca crisis of religious genocide.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Reacting to the development, IPOB\u2019s spokesperson Emma Powerful, in a statement issued on Saturday, hailed the U.S. government for recognizing what it called \u201cthe persistent persecution and state-enabled killings\u201d in Nigeria, particularly in the South-East.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the able leadership of our supreme leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, warmly welcomes the recent designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern by the government of the United States,\u201d the statement read.<\/div>\n
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IPOB noted that the U.S. decision followed an earlier ruling by a Canadian court which, it claimed, had designated Nigeria\u2019s major political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as \u201cterror-enabling organizations.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The group expressed gratitude to former President Trump, Senator Cruz, and other U.S. legislators and activists for \u201ctheir courageous advocacy in exposing the truth about Nigeria\u2019s systemic persecution and state-sponsored killings.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cThis 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\u2019s complicity in ethnic and religious violence, the international community has helped save countless lives that would otherwise have been lost to orchestrated insecurity and genocidal attacks,\u201d IPOB stated.<\/div>\n
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However, the group maintained that the designation alone was insufficient, calling for a comprehensive international inquiry into what it termed \u201cpersistent ethno-religious killings and insecurity\u201d in the South-East.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere remains an urgent need for an independent international investigation into the root causes of these killings to unmask the perpetrators, financiers, and political enablers behind these heinous acts,\u201d the statement continued.<\/div>\n
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IPOB also lauded the efforts of diaspora advocacy groups such as American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID) and Ambassadors for Self-Determination and Rising Sun, crediting their lobbying efforts in Washington for drawing attention to the plight of persecuted communities in Nigeria.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe salute the unyielding courage of all Biafrans and friends of Biafra worldwide who have continued to speak against tyranny, impunity, and the ongoing genocide against our people and Northern Nigeria\u2019s Christian communities. History will remember your courage,\u201d IPOB added.<\/div>\n
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The group concluded that the U.S. designation marks \u201ca turning point\u201d in global recognition of Nigeria\u2019s human rights situation, asserting that the move will \u201cpave the way for justice and relief for victims of state violence in the South-East and Middle Belt.\u201d<\/div>\n
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