IPOB kicks as Facebook deletes Nnamdi Kanu’s account

 

Facebook has deleted an account of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, after releasing a video accusing Fulani herdsmen of destroying farmlands.

Kanu published a video showing some men, allegedly members of Eastern Security Network – a militia group in Nigeria’s Southeast – killing cows in herdsmen’s settlements.

Nigeria is currently battling with farmers/herders clashes in many parts of the country.

Facebook told the BBC that the company wanted to “give people the chance to speak up” while it also wanted people to “come to the terms that they’re safeguarded” while on the platform.

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In a statement, Facebook said deleting Nnamdi Kanu’s page was in line with the regulations of posting feeds that are defamatory in nature.

A member of the Eastern Security Network group, who would not want his name mentioned, said the group would appeal against the ban, maintaining that the ban excludes Radio Biafra and its other social media accounts/platforms.

Kanu’s Facebook page had always been the platform for IPOB members worldwide.

Nigeria’s government had proscribed the group in 2017.