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

Figures & data

Table 1. Selected States, their local government areas and population.

State	LGA	Population
Abia	Aba North	140,000
	Aba South	559,900
	Umuahia North	292,300
Anambra
	Onitsha North	166,600
	Onitsha South	181,500
Ebonyi	Awka South	250,900
	Afikpo North	207,300
	Abakaliki	198,100
	Ezza South	176,800
Total		1,947,599

Source: 2016 federal republic of Nigeria population projection.

Table 2. Public perception of predictors of Biafra social movements.

Items	SA	A	SD	D
Collective victimisation of the Igbo group by the government.	335 (28.1)	367 (30.8)	273 (22.9)	216 (18.1)
Bad governance and government policies.	334 (28.0)	358 (30.1)	280 (23.5)	219 (18.4)
Political marginalisation.	347 (29.1)	368 (30.9)	264 (22.2)	212 (17.8)
Selective and arbitrary federal appointments.	333 (28.0)	366 (30.7)	274 (23.0)	218 (18.3)
Widespread insecurity and threat to national and human security.	339 (28.5)	367 (30.8)	268 (22.5)	217 (18.2)
Greed and desperation to have independence at all cost.	223 (18.7)	275 (23.3)	338 (28.4)	355 (18.7)
The 1 October 2017 quit notice issued to the Igbo by Northern youths.	342 (28.7)	367 (30.8)	268 (22.5)	214 (29.8)
Indifferent attitude of the government towards the quit notice.	333 (28.0)	365 (30.6)	275 (23.1)	218 (18.3)
Unjust and unbalanced political economy and social structure.	349 (29.3)	353 (29.6)	274 (23.6)	215 (18.1)
Widespread State repressions and human rights violations.	338 (28.4)	360 (30.2)	271 (23.1)	218 (18.3)
Political vendetta and hate politics against the Igbo nation.	335 (28.1)	367 (30.8)	308 (22.6)	220 (18.5)
Indifferent attitude of government towards general public safety in Nigeria, especially in the North, at the expense of non-Northerners.	339 (28.5)	363 (30.5)	269 (22.6)	220 (18.5)
Government’s refusal to negotiate with the agitators.	339 (28.5)	368 (30.9)	270 (22.7)	214 (18.0)
Widespread corruption among policymakers.	334 (28.0)	364 (30.6)	274 (23.0)	219 (18.4)

Field survey, 2019.

Table 3. Linear regression table ascertaining contributing influence of government’s social injustices as being responsible for Biafra social movements.

	Perception of Biafra social movements
Variable	Model 1 β	B	P	95% CI
Constant	11.10	<0.05	[10.72, 11.49]
Social Injustice	0.49	0.95	<0.05	[0.48, 0.50]
R	0.945
R^2	0.893
F	9902.74
t	56.46
Sig.	<0.05

N = 1191; CI: confidence interval; p < 0.05.

Data availability statement

All data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. The items included the raw data of the study obtained from fieldwork and stored in IBM Statistical Package software version 23.