Nigerian singer Kingsley Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee, has declared himself a “Biafran,” emphasizing that every Igbo person belongs to the Biafra region.

In an interview with Yanga 89.9 FM, Lagos, Kcee explained that Biafra is an ethnographical region, similar to Arewa in the north or Oduduwa in the southwest, and not a separatist identity.

“As far as I am concerned, every Igbo man under the sun today is a Biafran. I am a Biafran. I am an Igbo man, and Biafra is where we are from. It is just like the Arewas and Oduduwas,” he said.

Kcee further traced the origin of the term to 1967:

“Biafra was created in 1967. Frank Opigo from Bayelsa suggested that name for the Igbos, and we adopted it. Before 1967, who are we? Igbos. Being Igbo means you are still a Biafran.”