The United kingdom has blamed Nigeria for the continued operation of Radio Biafra, a London-Based radio station run by a British -Nigerian Nnamdi Kanu.
Radio Biafra which is domiciled in the UK is alledged to have been used by the Indigenous people of Biafra to preach hate and disunity against the country.
The Nigerian government in a move to stop the activities of the group, had outlawed it and detained the Director Nnamdi Kanu in 2015.
The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in various media quote was credited to have insinuated through his speech that France and United kingdom had links with IPOB.
He said, “This is a “fact”, while faulting the UK for not doing something to stop Biafra radio from airing over there. The radio station had been Nnamdi Kanu’s medium of communicating his ideas from London, on the push for Biafra, before he came back to Nigeria in 2015.
“The Biafra radio programmes were aired in Nigeria also, and was found engaging by some audience who have now taken up Kanu’s cause with IPOB.”
As the Minister pointed out, the Biafra Radio was probably not taken down by the UK authorities being that the radio is a free channel of communication available to any law-abiding person and is very much like the internet and social media, anyone who has the license to operate a radio can always air whatever they want to.
In response to the Minister ‘s statement, the British Government which seemed displeased over the reports released a terse reply through the Press and Public Affairs Officer, British High Commission in Nigeria, Mr Joe Abuku said, “The UK is not aware of any representation from the Nigerian Government about Radio Biafra.
“Were we to receive any such request, we would of course consider it carefully on the basis of the available evidence, recognizing that freedom of speech and expression carry responsibilities. “