Radio Biafra Dares NBC, Moves to Jam Radio Nigeria
LAGOS JULY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Illegal Radio Station, Radio Biafra which is currently transmitting from an unknown destination has dared Nigerian Broadcasting Cooperation (NBC)
The radio has promised to shut down Radio Nigeria and fill up the airspace with it frequencies modulation in Nigeria’s airwave.
The threat was contained in a statement on the official website of the radio station which was monitored by our correspondent.
“Nigeria thinks we are fools, since they claimed that they hacked and jammed our radio station, it is time we know who the real hackers are.
The threats came few hours after the Nigerian government had claim that it successfully jammed signals from Radio Biafra, a controversial, underground channel spewing propaganda.
The Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Yemi-Esan, had said the National Broadcasting Corporation, NBC, had jammed the radio’s frequency, describing it as illegal in the first place.
She spoke at the presidential villa shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of her ministry.
“Right now the signals from Radio Biafra have been jammed successfully by the NBC,” Ms. Yemi-Esan said.
“The commission is also working with security agencies to get those that are behind that radio because it is an illegal radio, it is not licensed by anybody to be on the airwaves in Nigeria,” she said.
URHOBOTODAY investigation however proved her wrong as PREMIUM TIMES correspondents in the South-East of Nigeria, and other listeners there, have confirmed that the station remained on the airwaves as on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, long after the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information, Shade Yemi-Esan, told journalists on Tuesday the broadcast had been blocked.
Radio Biafra station also denounced the claim by government, tweeting that its terrestrial transmission remained alive as well as its online radio.
The station managers retorted, “How can you Jam satellite and internet radio?”
Radio Biafra, received in the south-east of the country, is a new network that has become controversial for propagating the ideology of the former secessionist Republic of Biafra. Operators of the station are also accused of instigating hate and violence.
