IPOB: Tension in Abia as Nnamdi Kanu set to bury parents ll Coneri Magazine

The people of Abia have expressed fear over what they decribed as an impending war between the Nigerian security operatives and the Indigenous People of Biafra as Nnamdi Kanu set to bury parents tomorow in the state.

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 14 th 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 ha