Pro-Igbo groups in the diaspora, including the American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID), Rising Sun Charities Organization, and Ambassadors for Self-Determination, have petitioned U.S. President Donald Trump over the detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The groups, in a petition dated August 28, 2025, and submitted via Kanu’s international lawyer, Bruce Fein, advocated for the application of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10102(c)) and Executive Order 13818 in relation to Kanu’s case.
The petition referenced several judicial pronouncements, including those from Nigerian and Kenyan courts, as well as a 2022 United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention opinion, which called for Kanu’s unconditional release.