‘A threat to national unity, an emancipator’: discourse construction of the Yoruba nation secessionist agitation in selected Nigerian digital communities

Osisanwo, Ayo; Akano, Richard

doi:10.1080/17405904.2023.2211176

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“…On these platforms, they accentuate their ideals, project their arguments, present their goals, show solidarity with members as well as disparity with non-members, and legitimize their resistance (see Aminu and Chiluwa, 2022). Generally, the secessionists use social media for mobilization and coordination (Osisanwo and Akano, 2023), communication and recruitment (Aminu, 2022), propaganda and information warfare (Aminu and Chiluwa, 2022), and international visibility and support. The group primarily employs Yoruba, English, and Nigerian Pidgin English as well as adopt various multimodalities (i.e., texts, images, audio, memes, and videos) in their posts.…”

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Digital resistance: Discursive construction of polarization and otherness in Oduduwa secessionists’ social media discourse

Aminu

2023

Discourse & Society

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This paper investigates the discursive strategies employed by Oduduwa secessionists to construct polarization and otherness on Twitter. Using the socio-cognitive approach to CDA combined with social media CDA, the study illustrates how socio-cultural and spatiotemporal contexts are embedded in digital performances of resistance. Findings show that the secessionists employ four main discursive strategies, namely: (1) vitriolic socio-cognitive labels and coinages; (2) generalization and ethnocentrism; (3) language of threat; and (4) use of Yoruba language to legitimize their resistance, accentuate their ideological stances, construct polarization and otherness, and do social mobilization. These strategies are achieved via discursive, linguistic, and stylo-orthographic resources made available by digital technology. The paper concludes that the discursive strategies employed by the secessionists do not directly reflect polarization but are simply constitutive of it.

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Section: Context: Social Media and Oduduwa Secessionistsmentioning

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Digital resistance: Discursive construction of polarization and otherness in Oduduwa secessionists’ social media discourse

Aminu

2023

Discourse & Society

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“…Moreover, the present INEC boss, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, who replaced Professor Jega in 2015 have continued to face persistent challenge of reforms needed for more efficient EMB in Nigeria such as electronic transmission of election results, creation of additional polling units, successful election conduct as well as logistics challenges (Osisanwo, 2021). Also, there is consistent low turnout rates of voters due to separatist agitations, terrorism, banditry and communal clashes (Dahir, 2019).…”

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Leadership Challenges in Democratization: An Analysis of Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria

Shafiu,

Umar,

Manaf

2023

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<div class="WordSection1"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="WordSection1"><p><em>This study discusses Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) leadership challenges utilizing INEC's environment. INEC leadership underperformance compelled the study. The study aimed to identify INEC leaders' 1999–2019 difficulties. The study used in-depth interview data. Nine commission leaders with extensive expertise were interviewed. The analysis shows that INEC's leadership system hinders its mandate. Inadequate manpower, political elites' manipulation, inadequate training, ad-hoc staff problems, inadequate funding, lack of technological know-how, financial autonomy, standard operating system, poor electorate cooperation, and political interference have hampered INEC's democratic election organization in Nigeria. The INEC should have complete independence, embrace innovations, reforms, sensitization programs, adequate funding, more permanent staff, improved voting machines, and training and retraining to help Nigeria hold credible elections. These obstacles help INEC leadership establish itself in the electoral system to foster democratic growth, maturity, and consolidation</em></p></div></div></div>

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Social injustice and public perception of Biafra social movements in the South East Nigeria

Nnam

2024

Cogent Social Sciences

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‘A threat to national unity, an emancipator’: discourse construction of the Yoruba nation secessionist agitation in selected Nigerian digital communities

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Digital resistance: Discursive construction of polarization and otherness in Oduduwa secessionists’ social media discourse

Digital resistance: Discursive construction of polarization and otherness in Oduduwa secessionists’ social media discourse

Leadership Challenges in Democratization: An Analysis of Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria

Social injustice and public perception of Biafra social movements in the South East Nigeria

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