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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 5 May 2017

    Nnamdi Kanu - the Biafran separatist leader freed after 18 months in a Nigerian jailhttp://bbc.in/2qJ6rdf 

    12:58 PM - 5 May 2017
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      1. Mary Mkemdi‏ @NkemdiMary 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        UK is a separatist for #Brexit? You fake news must stop spreading hate against Biafrans for same right as #Scotref #Brexit #StopRacism #BBC

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      1. Mary Mkemdi‏ @NkemdiMary 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        If Scotish deserve referendum Biafrans deserve referendum to restore Biafra destroyed by British colonialists scavenging for oil

        0 replies 25 retweets 1 like
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      1. Mary Mkemdi‏ @NkemdiMary 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Biafra exist before evil Britain killed Biafrans for colonisation. Forcefully created fraud called Nigeria.Biafra not separatist u #FakeNews

        0 replies 17 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Gerald Reuben‏ @biafrans3 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        UK is a separatist .why talking about Biafra and the my leader mazi Nnamdi kanu now? Stop we your fake news

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      2. abudu tunde‏ @tandor07 6 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Biafran activist or militant. This cheap popularity he gets from the press will not get Biafra secession from Nigeria.

        1 reply 2 retweets 0 likes
      3. Great ifeanyiGOD‏ @Ugaduifeanyich1 7 May 2017
        Replying to @tandor07 @BBCAfrica

        Your slave mentality does not give u the privilege to reason like human being. As we #biafra has come to stay willy-nilly to u

        0 replies 3 retweets 0 likes
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      1. EKE BIAFRA‏ @uchennaomulu1 8 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @dave31_sam

        Fake news BBC evil

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      1. Chimdiya Eliyahu Chibueze‏ @chimdiya1 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Have you told the world how stringent and inhumane the bail conditions are? Did you report of detention & killings of our people?

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      1. Dat Igboman‏ @keyo_smash 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Bail on very stringent and grossly inhumane conditions! Others still in jail. Would that happen in the UK? #BIAFRAReferendumNOW

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      1. Omebe Nshi‏ @omebenshi 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The Fake News media is officially out of control. They will do or say anything in order to get attention from Biafrans @NkirukaNistoran

        0 replies 6 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Chimdiya Eliyahu Chibueze‏ @chimdiya1 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Our quest for self determination is based on http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf … #FreeChidiebere #FreeBen #FreeDavid #FreeDetainedBiafrans

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      1. Chimdiya Eliyahu Chibueze‏ @chimdiya1 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Can you tell the world how many #Biafrans still in detention by #NigeriaSecurityAgents for asking for self-determination?

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      1. Chimdiya Eliyahu Chibueze‏ @chimdiya1 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Who are we before your imperialist invasions? We want to remain who we are before you invaded our lands and exploited us.

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      1. Chimdiya Eliyahu Chibueze‏ @chimdiya1 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We are not separatist, rather Indigenous People of Biafra yearning for self-determination according to United Nations #DRIPS 2007

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      1. Don, C.O. MMIRIKWE‏ @chidexalex 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        BBC NEWS WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE HOW BRITISH GOVT COMMITTED GENOCIDE AGAINST BIAFRA USEING NIGERIA ISLAMIC MUSLIM TO KILLED BIAFRA @67pic.twitter.com/N74iCT14AI

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      1. Izzo 5%‏ @Hover7 5 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        U guess foolish for using the word separatist

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      1. EKE BIAFRA‏ @uchennaomulu1 8 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @dave31_sam

        All we want is Referendum for #Biafrans in Nigeria.pic.twitter.com/Sjo87SPUeC

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