Biafra: Why We'll Not Relate With Yorubas At Independence - IPOB's Nnamdi Kanu

 

Leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has declared that when Biafra is eventually actualised, they will not share any diplomatic relationship with the Yorubas otherwise known as sons of Oduduwa, AllNews reports.

Kanu in a statement through IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, said his reason for positing that way is because the Yorubas will not speak against things going wrong.

For instance, Kanu insists that President Buhari is dead, his vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, but the Yoruba ethnic group prefers to keep mum.

“A race that cannot stand up to call a spade a spade has deep psychological flaws," Kanu said.

"This is one of the key deficiencies of black African people, our inability to speak and defend the truth.

“Rather than peddling a false narrative, it ought to be stated forcefully that Aso Rock is empty with no president, no vice, and no army chief.

"Nigeria is dead and no amount of spin-doctoring of the news will hide this fact,” part of the statement reads according to Blueprint.

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Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB Using Propaganda Tools For Biafra Cause

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 plus Kanu's known social media handles 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.