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Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by gidgiddy: 10:06pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
A separatist group called for a sit-at-home protest in southeastern Nigerian cities, paralyzing business to pressurize the government to release its leader. Banks, shops and markets were shut Monday in the Indigenous People of Biafra’s stronghold for the first of a series of planned protests in the southeast, Lagos-based Channels Television reported. IPOB, which wants to establish an independent state for the Igbo ethnic group, has called for everybody in the region’s commercial centers to stay home every Monday until Nnamdi Kanu is freed by the authorities. Kanu, who fled Nigeria in 2017, was forcefully returned to the country in June to face treason charges. President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, which has outlawed IPOB and declared it a terrorist group, blamed the organization for attacks targeting the police this year. IPOB maintains its movement to create a breakaway nation is non-violent. Kanu’s followers aspire to carve out a territory that would stretch beyond the southeast, encompassing the country’s oil-producing Niger Delta region, even though they have only marginal support there. That goal would make their project more viable, and directly threaten the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy. Information Minister Lai Mohammed declined to comment on Monday’s protests when reached by phone. The social unrest is adding to Nigeria’s security challenges, which include a decade-long Islamist insurgency in the northeast and an uptick of kidnappings for ransom. Critics have accused Buhari, a former military ruler, of cracking down too hard on southeastern secessionists, while allowing northern groups to perpetuate violence. Buhari won the 2015 election on a promise to tackle rising insecurity in Africa’s most populous nation. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-09/nigeria-separatists-shut-down-southeast-over-leader-s-arrest 5 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by insidelife22(m): 10:13pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
I see,very good indeed. 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by jlinkd78(m): 10:15pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
Noted 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by athaboi(f): 10:27pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
Indeed 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by Tk4all(m): 10:38pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
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Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by Genesiis(m): 10:40pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
International communities taking silent records of the happenings in south eastern Nigeria. 8 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by LokoH(m): 10:41pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
You See ? While common nairaland is stabbiing itself by trying to hide the truth that fulani are pampering their killer children while being tough on my people for resisting them 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by 10mobile: 10:43pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
Lies have never overcome the truth. 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by DoctorDree(m): 10:53pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
Lok |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by meolaniyi(m): 12:46am On Aug 15, 2021 |
The world is talking |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by Penguin2: 1:15am On Aug 15, 2021 |
Shit is going global. Well, shit has been global. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by punisha: 1:44am On Aug 15, 2021 |
Bloomberg...not 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by PROUDIGBO(m): 2:15am On Aug 15, 2021 |
Penguin2: Shit just got real! |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by Monogamy: 5:24am On Aug 15, 2021 |
@ op, tell us what you know about ESN activities.. You seem to know better about their operation |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by proeast(m): 5:49am On Aug 15, 2021 |
More global attention to secessionists 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by tony0806: 5:39am On Aug 16, 2021 |
What do I add again |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by Grace001: 6:30am On Aug 16, 2021 |
Where is the PEACE and UNITY ? |
Re: Nigeria Separatists Shut Down Southeast Over Leader’s Arrest - Bloomberg by Difrent: 6:34am On Aug 16, 2021 |
LokoH: Why not pretend like a killer herdsman or kidnapper to enjoy the pampering.....useless narrative that is stale already.....oh i forgot the airforce is using fighter jets to play video games in zamfara forest.... Doble mouthed mofo |
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