Biafra: Why People Like Sen. Shehu Sani Are Racists - IPOB's Nnamdi Kanu (Audio)

 

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the banned Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has described persons like Senator Shehu Sani, who believe Nigeria is indivisible, as "racists", AllNews reports.

Self-exiled Kanu made this 'pronouncement' in his Special online broadcast on Wednesday.

"Do you know who are called racist?," Kanu asked rhetorically.

"Racists are not the likes of the policeman that killed George Floyd (Derek Chauvin).

"Those that are called racists are those that believe that Nigeria should be one.

"Those that believe that what a white man created should be preserved. Like Senator Shehu Sani.

"Their own racism comes from ignorance. They know nothing. Their brains are empty."

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He continued:

"Anybody supporting one Nigeria is a racist. Because everything you have in place has been put there by a racist.

"The reason why you are created and named after a river is because Lugard (Frederick) and Flora Shaw had no regard for you."

Nearly 50 years after the civil war ended in Nigeria, the struggle to keep the dream of a separate Biafra state alive continues, including through a relentless disinformation campaign on social media.

Pro-Biafran organisations using propaganda tools

IPOB is one of the organisations leading the renewed agitation for Biafran independence.

Its founder, Nnamdi Kanu, first revived Radio Biafra in 2009, using it to further the organisation’s pro-independence cause with broadcasts from abroad.

Researchers have found that the pirate radio station also supplies disinformation.

Prof Lai Oso, who teaches mass communication at Lagos State University’s School of Communication, likened Biafra’s online disinformation campaign to propaganda. 

Oso is also the president of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria.

“In this era when fact-checking is becoming common and advancements in technology have made it easier for people to find facts, propaganda or disinformation is not a good communication strategy,” he told Africa Check in January.

Furthermore, a professor of mass communication at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Emmanuel Udeze, stated that the false claims about Biafra seem to be taking advantage of the limitations of social media when it comes to gatekeeping. 

“This is the other side of citizen journalism. Because everyone can now do reports and disseminate information, you can’t prevent the publishing of false information online.

“And because of people’s varying levels of understanding, quite a number of people can be fooled to believe false information at first,” Udeze said.

Listen to pro-Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu below: