The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu , has threatened to deal with the Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ene Okon , if any member of the group is killed during the burial of his parents on February 14 , 2020 .

Kanu made the threat in a message on Facebook on Sunday .

He wrote , “ If Inspector Okon and his commanders come to my father ’ s house to kill anyone on 14th February , 2020 at my parents ’ burial, we will hunt down their children . ”

Kanu ’ s threat is the latest in the battle of words between the security agents and Kanu ’ s followers in IPOB as the burial date of the parents gets nearer.

IPOB had in a statement asked security agencies in the state to join their colleagues in the fight against insurgency in the North -East and stay away from the burial.

IPOB stated that its members must attend the burial to pay their last respects to the parents of their leader .

But the CP had insisted that IPOB members would not be tolerated during the burial of Kanu ’ s parents .

He said the police would provide security during the burial of the monarch and his wife but would not spare any IPOB member at the venue .

“ We will not tolerate any Biafra flag , IPOB insignia or the group ’ s members disguising as Jewish or Zionist Church members during the burial, ” he had said .

IPOB , in another development , described Okon as a sycophant .

It said the CP was creating unnecessary tension in the state over the burial to please his paymasters in Abuja to advance his career in the force.

Separate statements by IPOB’ s Media and Publicity Secretary , Emma Powerful , and MASSOB ’ s leader , Uchenna Madu , condemned the alleged statement by the CP that the police and other security agents would disrupt the burial should members of IPOB attend.

They said , “ The commissioner of police is being used to create unnecessary security tension in a peaceful Abia State . The people of Afaraukwu community are peace- loving people.

“ We have made it clear that the burial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu ’ s parents is not an IPOB or Biafra event . There will be no display or flying of Biafra flags or showcasing of any Biafra insignias . Abia State police boss should go and sleep . ”

Source:- Punchng

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