The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned that
it will not tolerate the use of any broadcast channel to break the unity of the
country.
The commission said this in reaction to reports that Ilana
Omo Oodua worldwide, a Yoruba self-determination group, will unveil a station
called Radio Ijangbara on January 1, 2023, as the official broadcast arm of the
movement.
The separatist group had said the online radio will be
broadcasting from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Reacting, Balarabe Ilelah, NBC director general, said
Nigerians “do not need another round of heartache and disruption” by any tribal
interest group.
“It has come to the
attention of the Commission that a group, the llana Omo Oodua Worldwide, in a
statement jointly signed by its Chairman and General Secretary, Wale Adeniran
and Tunde Amusat, respectively, announced that it would formally unveil Radio Ijangbara,
as the official broadcast radio of the group on January 1, 2023,” Ilelah said.
“The Commission wishes to state emphatically that, it will
not tolerate the use of any broadcast facility within or outside Nigeria to
create disunity among Nigerians and intentionally, or inadvertently, mislead
people in a deliberate act of subversion and sedition.
“No person shall operate or use any apparatus or premises
for the transmission of sound or vision by cable, television, radio, satellite
or any other medium of broadcast from anywhere in Nigeria without the approval
of the Commission.
“The Commission will
continue to work with the appropriate security agencies to bring to book those
with the intention to use the airwaves for personal or group interest to create
division in Nigeria and appeals to Nigerians for support and cooperation.
“The Commission urges Nigerians to unite in joining hands
with the government to build a stronger and more prosperous nation and to help
in the success of next year’s General Elections.”
‘LIKE IPOB, LIKE
ILANA OMO OODUA’
In 2015, the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
launched its radio station — Radio Biafra — to amplify its message of secession
and criticise the activities of the Nigerian government.
The federal government later said it had arrested the
masterminds of the station after accusing the group of treason.
But IPOB debunked the government’s claims.
Although the government eventually jammed the signals of the
radio station, it came back on air.
In 2018, IPOB announced the launch of ‘Radio Nigeria Hausa
service’ to “provide an unbiased informative platform to take the message of
liberation to the oppressed indigenous northerners”.
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