A member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa on Tuesday revealed that Facebook, an online social networking website has restricted a new account belonging to the group.
Simon who disclosed this on his social media page said “Our new Facebook page has been blocked, restricted by Facebook.”
Daily Independent recalled that the Facebook banned is coming barely two years after the social media platform was alleged to have shut down the page of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
The group had in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, alleged that the shutting down of Mazi Kanu’s Facebook page by Facebook Nigeria was linked with the fact that it had become a rich resource for people determined to expose the alleged misrule in Nigeria and the evil perpetrators of the regime.
IPOB had berated Facebook Nigeria that it was more corrupt than the Nigerian government it was defending.
It had added that Biafra suffered immeasurably as a result of the denial of media space in the late 60s, warning that IPOB is not prepared to allow such suffering in the present 21st century.
Meanwhile, Kanu opened another Facebook account which hit the 5,000 friends limit within six days, following the sudden deactivation of his official page by Facebook.
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Recall that Nnamdi Kanu is currently facing an 11-count charge of treason, treasonable felony, terrorism and illegal possession of firearms, among others, after he jumped bail in 2017 and left the country.
He was extradited from Kenya to the country by the Nigerian government and he has since been remanded in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody and his next appearance in court is October 21.
This came after Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, adjourned the case, for the failure of the secret police to produce him in court on Monday.
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