The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu, has been conferred with Honorary Citizenship of the State of Georgia in the United States and designated an Outstanding Citizen and Goodwill Ambassador.
The recognition was conveyed in an official proclamation issued by the Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, dated Friday, January 16, 2026.
The certificate was formally presented on Friday, January 23, 2026, during a ceremony in Milledgeville, Georgia.
Kanu, who is currently in detention in Nigeria, was represented at the event by a former Nigerian Consul General to South Africa, Ambassador Uche Ajulu-Okeke, who received the document on his behalf.
The presentation was facilitated by Georgia State Representative Gab Okoye.
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According to the proclamation, the Georgia government described Kanu as worthy of recognition and called on officials and citizens to accord him the courtesies due to a goodwill ambassador of the state wherever he may travel or reside.
Kanu is being held at a correctional facility in Sokoto following his conviction by the Federal High Court in Abuja on terrorism-related charges.
He has denied the allegations and is pursuing legal remedies.
The Georgia honour is symbolic and does not confer United States citizenship, residency, or immigration privileges.