Social media – particularly Twitter has been agog in the last few days over a report that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu is dead. The report trended after self-acclaimed investigative journalist and blogger, Kemi Olunloyo, said that she had confirmed that Mr Kanu has was truly ‘dead’ and had been ‘cremated in Italy.’
In a few hours, Twitter was flooded with hundreds of thousand comments and hashtag #RIPNnamdiKanu. While some of his supporters claimed the report was false, many Nigerians who did not believe in Mr Kanu’s ideology felt the story was true.
