BEVERLY HILLS, February 03, (THEWILL) – Social media giant, Facebook, has blocked the account of its page owned by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
IPOB, in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, claimed that Kanu’s Facebook page was blocked after his live broadcast on Tuesday night.
IPOB accused Facebook managers in Lagos and Abuja of colluding with those it referred to as ” agents of oppression in Nigeria,” to block the social media page.
The group likened the action of Facebook to how the British government allegedly prevented information from Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War.
The statement read in part; “The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is appalled at the despicable attitude of Facebook for blocking the Facebook page of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, after his expository and explosive live broadcast on Tuesday night. It is not only baffling but too petty for a global social media giant like Facebook to allow itself to be used by agents of oppression in Nigeria to suppress the truth”.
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