The Spokes person for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Emma Powerful, has reacted to the Tuesday blockage of the facebook account of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, describing the act as ‘condemnable’.
The account is said to have been blocked after a live broadcast on Tuesday.
In a statement, Emma Powerful, accused Facebook of colluding with the federal government to suppress the “free flow of information”.
Powerful said the group has the right to express its grievances, because herders are allegedly destroying their farms by feeding their cattle with the crops.
“We strongly condemn this attitude of Facebook managers in Lagos and Abuja who collude with corrupt Nigerian government officials to suppress the free flow of information via their platform,” he said.
“This unconscionable and reprehensible attitude amounts to partnering with perpetrators of human rights abuses and other criminal activities masterminded by the Nigeria state against innocent citizens.
“Now that our leader has started exposing the atrocities of these wolves in human clothing, Facebook has decided to be an accomplice to mass murder and oppressive tendencies
“But our message to Facebook is simple: no matter how hard you try to suppress the gospel of truth being preached by our leader, the struggle for Biafra liberation cannot be slowed down. On the contrary, our efforts will be intensified because Biafra restoration is a divine mandate that must be accomplished in this era.