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It has been said many times that when a lie is doubled down many times, oftentimes, it inadvertently assumes the position of the truth. In Nigeria today, one of these lies that is fast racing to become a truth through that means is the state-sanctioned propaganda that Igbo, the South-East is unviable, landlocked, and unliveable. This well-coordinated and institutionalised lie has been told repeatedly since the end of the Nigerian-orchestrated genocide of the defunct Biafran Republic.

Against the backdrop of the recently conducted state and federal ‘selections’ in Nigeria, many ethnic supremacists and chronic bigots brought this lie to the …