Nnamdi Kanu Declared ‘US citizen, and Goodwill Ambassador’
- brilliantachievers0
- Jan 25
- 2 min read
The jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been granted honorary citizenship of the State of Georgia in the United States.
Kanu was also adopted as an ‘Outstanding Citizen’ who should be “accorded every courtesy as a Goodwill Ambassador from Georgia.”
The proclamation was made by Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, on behalf of the Republican-controlled US state.
The proclamation letter, dated January 16, 2026, was presented on Friday, January 23, 2026, at Milledgeville, one of Georgia’s capital cities, by State Representative Gab Okoye.
Former Consul General of Nigeria in South Africa, Ambassador Uche Ajulu-Okeke, received the certificate of citizenship on Kanu’s behalf.
Ajulu-Okeke described the imprisoned Biafra independence activist as “Africa’s most famous political prisoner and global prisoner of conscience”.
The proclamation reads: “I, Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim Nnamdi Okwu Kanu as an Honorary Georgia Citizen.
“May this Outstanding Citizen be accorded every courtesy as a Goodwill Ambassador from Georgia in his travels to other states, to nations beyond the borders of the United States of America, or wherever he may hereafter travel or reside. Thank you for your service to our state.
"In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, at the State Capitol, in the City of Atlanta, this 16th day of January, A.D. 2026”.
Kanu is currently serving a life sentence in Sokoto prison following his conviction by Justice James Omotosho of the Abuja Federal Court.
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