US state, Georgia grants Nnamdi Kanu honorary citizenship

[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 24/01/2026
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has been granted honorary citizenship of Georgia, a state in the United States. Kanu is currently serving a life prison sentence at the Sokoto Prison after he was convicted on terrorism charges filed against him by the Nigerian government. Kanu was declared an ‘Honorary Georgia Citizen’ by Secretary of the State of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, in a proclamation dated January 16, 2026. The proclamation also declared that the IPOB leader should be recognized as a Goodwill Ambassador from Georgia. A former Nigerian ambassador to (…)
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