The appeal, in a letter dated November 12, 2025, and titled “SOS – Urgent Global Humanitarian Intervention to End the Unlawful Detention and Torture of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” urged world powers to intervene regarding Kanu’s continued detention.

The correspondence was addressed to diplomatic missions in Abuja, including embassies and high commissions from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Russia, China, Israel, Japan, South Korea, South Africa, Turkey, Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, and Ethiopia, as well as the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the African Union.

According to IPOB, the letter follows earlier diplomatic engagements aimed at highlighting Kanu’s prolonged detention despite multiple legal and human rights pronouncements ordering his release.

“This is a global SOS appeal for urgent humanitarian and diplomatic intervention in the continued detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who was detained in Nigeria in June 2021,” the group stated.

IPOB noted that several judicial and international organizations, including the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, had called for Kanu’s release.

The group further stated that Kanu’s health has deteriorated in custody, urging the international community to treat the matter as a “humanitarian concern.”

“As of now, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s health has reportedly deteriorated. His continued detention has raised humanitarian concerns,” the statement read.

IPOB called on global powers to act immediately to support the enforcement of court orders and provide appropriate measures for the welfare of Kanu and other members of the group.

The letter also urged the international community to monitor developments related to Kanu’s detention and ensure adherence to legal processes.