{"id":59668,"date":"2017-09-22T00:02:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T23:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59668"},"modified":"2017-09-22T00:02:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T23:02:14","slug":"will-shut-radio-biafra-nigeria-requests-says-british-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/will-shut-radio-biafra-nigeria-requests-says-british-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"We will shut down Radio Biafra if Nigeria requests, says British Govt\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British government has said its refusal to shut down Radio Biafra, an arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is not deliberate, but that it has not received any request to that effect.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0The United Kingdom said there was no request from the Nigerian government to have the radio shut down.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0The denial was made by the British high commission, in a statement by its press and public affairs officer, Joe Abuku.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The short statement said: \u201cThe UK is not aware of any representation from the Nigerian government about Radio Biafra. \u201cWere we to receive any such request, we would, of course, consider it carefully on the basis of the available evidence, recognising that freedom of speech and expression carries responsibilities.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement could be a reply to Lai Mohammed, the Nigerian information minister, who was quoted as saying the British government had continued to allow the radio despite the damage done by Kanu and IPOB.<\/div>\n<div>Naij.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British government has said its refusal to shut down Radio Biafra, an arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is not deliberate, but that it has not received any&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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