IPOB USA Announces Plans for Peaceful Rally in Washington D.C.

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The United States chapter of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced plans for a peaceful rally in Washington, D.C., to coincide with an expected visit by a Nigerian government delegation to the United States.

In a statement issued on Sunday by Comrade Emma Powerful, IPOB’s spokesperson and Media and Publicity Secretary, the group said the demonstration aims to “draw global attention to ongoing cases of insecurity, religious intolerance, and alleged persecution of ethnic and Christian communities in Nigeria.”

The statement, released on behalf of IPOB’s detained leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, urged members and sympathisers in the U.S. to “raise their voices peacefully in solidarity with persecuted communities,” while emphasizing that the event would be non-violent.

> “This is not a call for confrontation,” the statement read. “It is a call for a mass, peaceful, unstoppable display of conscience.”

According to the group, the demonstration will serve as a reminder to the international community of what it described as “ethno-religious violence and systematic marginalization of Indigenous peoples across Nigeria.”

The release listed various regions and ethnic groups — including the Middle Belt, Yoruba, and Biafran communities — as affected by “security challenges and displacement,” urging solidarity across ethnic and religious lines.

> “No tribe stands alone anymore — unity is our shield,” IPOB said.

While IPOB did not provide specific details about the date and location of the planned protest, it said the information would be made public “in due course.”

The statement also called on human rights defenders and civil society organisations to “stand with the oppressed” and support global advocacy for justice and religious freedom in Nigeria.

As of press time, the Nigerian government had not commented on the planned rally or the allegations raised by IPOB.