The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been conferred with Honorary Citizenship of the State of Georgia, United States, and named a Goodwill Ambassador.
The proclamation was issued by Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, on January 16, 2026, and formally presented on January 23 in Milledgeville by State Representative Gab Okoye.
The certificate was received on Kanu’s behalf by former Nigerian Consul General to South Africa, Ambassador Uche Ajulu-Okeke, who described Kanu as a global prisoner of conscience.
According to the proclamation, Kanu is to be accorded “every courtesy as a Goodwill Ambassador from Georgia” in his travels across the US and internationally.
Kanu is currently serving a life sentence in Sokoto Correctional Centre following his conviction by an Abuja Federal High Court on treason-related charges—allegations he continues to deny.
His legal team and supporters maintain that his trial was flawed and have vowed to challenge the judgment at the Court of Appeal.
The development has renewed international attention on Kanu’s case, which has remained a subject of legal and political debate since his extraordinary rendition to Nigeria in 2021.
