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| Nigeria vows to shut down Radio Biafra |
| 2015-10-16 |
| Nigeria's government has vowed to shut down an illegal radio station operated by people sympathetic to the breakaway state of Biafra. It's the return of Jock Ojukwu. The ministry of information said it has "successfully jammed the signals" of the station. However, the BBC's Abdussalam Ahmed in Enugu says Radio Biafara is still broadcasting. He left in '68 "to get help." Guess he found some. It is not clear where it is based but it mainly broadcasts to the Igbo-speaking south-east of the country. The station hosts phone-in programmes with listeners calling to talk about issues affecting their region and their desire to break away from Nigeria. It also attacks and ridicules President Muhammadu Buhari and other government officials. The first republic of Biafra declared its independence from Nigeria in May 1967, but was eventually defeated after a three-year civil war that cost more than one million lives. Although the Biafra uprising was quelled by the military, a group called the Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) has attracted the support many young people in the region. Several of their leaders and sympathisers have been detained by authorities and accused of treason. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #1 Muhammadu "Preezy" Buhari, Islamically easy to marry, Cares nothing for tribes Nor the age of his wives And can fit you in Monday, so hurry! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2015-10-16 01:17 |