Preamble: Any news-savvy individual not ensconced under the rock, not living
in another planet in the last couple of years will attest to the strident publicity,
increasing appeal of the Biafra independence movement. In addition to the #BiafraAt50
Anniversary cum a very successful sit-at-home order by Biafra campaigners which
took place on May 30, 2017 and completely shut
down the entire southeast and parts of the south-south, on Aljazeera, July 5, 2017, Aljazeera’s The Stream featured a
programme titled - #Biafra50YearsOn: Is Nigeria's secessionist
movement re-emerging? Coincidentally, the British Broadcasting Corporation,
BBC, also did a broadcast on July 5/6, 2017 titled -Biafra
at 50: The war that changed Nigeria. As the global awareness ramps up…the
plot thickens and Nigeria increasingly looks like a country on
the brink.
