The
leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has distanced himself
and his deputy, Uche Mefor, from a live broadcast of Radio Biafra slated for
today in the U.S.
The IPOB leader who
spoke through his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in a telephone conversation with Premium
Times on Sunday said he was aware but did not give permission for the launch.
Radio Biafra was slated
to go on air live in the U.S. on Sunday. This was disclosed by Leonard Anemene,
a leader of the organisation, in a statement issued on Friday.
Mr. Anemene noted that
if not for some challenges, the project would have been out earlier.
He however, failed to
disclose the exact location where the station will be operating from.
“Radio Biafra has
approval and authorization to set up in America according to the U.S. laws,”
Mr. Kanu said on Sunday. “But neither me nor my deputy, Uche Mefor, gave
approval for it to go on air today in America.”
Mr. Kanu is currently
being tried by the federal government for treason based on his formation of
IPOB, establishment of Radio Biafra, and his call for a sovereign Biafran state.
-Premium Times
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