Posted on: 07:43 Thu, 10 Dec 2015



A popular forum website in Nigeria,
Nairaland, has banned pro-biafra
comments on its platform. 9iceunity
understands.

A brief statement by its CEO read:

Fellow Nairalanders,

Nairaland loves Igbos and Niger
Deltans very much. The thought of
being separated from them for any
reason is unbearable to us, so we
have decided that we will reject any
attempt by anyone to use Nairaland
to promote the idea of removing
Igbos and Niger Deltans from Nigeria.

We have updated rule 9 of Nairaland
to reflect this decision. It now says:

Don’t use Nairaland for illegal acts,
e.g scams, plagiarism, hacking, gay
meetings, incitement, promoting
Biafra.

As expected, the decision was met
with fury and anger by Biafra
supporters, with many threatening to
leave the forum, while another
faction of members supported the
decision calling it a bold step for the
unity of Nigeria.