Radio Biafra: A Threat To Nigeria’s Stability By Okija Juju

I was on a drive back from Aba yesterday with my Mum when
the conversation we were having led to the mention of this Radio Biafra which
is currently airing on FM 102.1 in most South South and South Eastern states.

Last time I heard of this Radio Biafra, it was an Internet
radio station that didn’t have that much of a following to warrant any real
concerns, however I was shocked to find out that they were now a terrestrial
radio station with a Frequency Modular bandwidth. Anyways, I tuned in out of
curiosity to find out what they were all about and that was when the hair on
the back of my neck stood. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

For the entire period I was tuned into the station, it was
back to back tirades against the current Government of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, raw undiluted anti-Semitic messages targeted mostly at the Yorubas,
calls for the destruction of all Deeperlife Church posters, billboards and the
burning and destruction of all Deeperlife churches in Aba and all Igbo Land,
the stopping of any Deeperlife crusade from holding in Aba, calls for the Igbos
to arm themselves pending when he (Nnamdi Kanu who was being referred to as
director) would give the clarion call for the war to commence, calls for Igbos
and the supporters of the Biafran cause to join their local chapter and
contribute money to him (Nnamdi) to purchase arms to prosecute a war against
the Government of Nigeria. The Nnamdi character freely spewed hate for Yorubas
and Hausas, referred to Nigeria as a Zoo that they would destroy, e.t.c

At first, I just felt that this was a case of a Lunatic who
seems to have found his way into a radio station, but my fears didn’t rise
until I heard the calls coming into the station from his growing followers. One
of such callers actually said Hello Director, If Kumuyi steps into Aba, ‘I WILL
KILL HIM’.

Another caller said he was a technician of sorts and was
willing to offer his services to help build a bomb to destroy Nigeria and the
Nnamdi character took his number and promised to get in touch with him. The
calls kept coming in and it was just caller after caller pledging support for
the cause of this deranged man. It didn’t matter that the Nnamdi Character
sounded rude, arrogant and full of himself and obviously had a thirst for
power, it didn’t matter that he was insulting and disrespecting most of the
callers who dialed in, more people kept calling.

Now my reason for starting this thread is to use this medium
to bring the attention of the Government to the birth of a New Terrorist group
in the South East.. I couldn’t help but remember that this was exactly how the
Boko Haram menace started, First it was just an Islamic preacher who was also
doing Charity works and feeding his followers, then it grew into a militia that
has cause the death of over 15,000 Nigerians and counting.

Please those with the right connect should inform our
security agencies. Whilst listening, most of the callers were reading out their
phone numbers over the air and I was wondering if someone is noting down these
numbers and placing taps on them and placing the owners on the terrorist watch
list.

I would be honest and say that this Biafra Radio broadcast
really troubled me. One of our workers who is a listener and was a follower
only changed his views after I managed to explain to him the implications of
what this Nnamdi Character was soliciting. The Nnamdi fellow is not hard to
catch, below is a picture of him I pulled off of the Internet. And it seems he
freely enters and leaves Nigeria as he pleases.

I really hope someone in a position of authority hears this
message and acts on it fast before things get to the point where we now have to
start doing damage control at which point many innocent lives would have been
lost. Let’s use the Lessons learnt from the Boko Haram.