The Abia State Police Command has threatened that the burial of the parents of Nnamdi Kanu would not hold hold if members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) attend.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ene Okon, made the threat in an interview with the Punch, saying the police would scatter the burial if IPOB members were seen anywhere around the burial venue of His Royal Majesty Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and his wife.
IPOB has been proscribed by the federal government, he said.
The CP revealed that he had reached out to the traditional prime minister of Afaraukwu, Kanu’s hometown, to make it clear that the burial would not hold if IPOB members attended.
He added that no one should expect him, as the Commissioner of Police, to sit and allow a proscribed group operate in the state.
Okon said, “Whoever thinks along that line is fooling himself. IPOB will dance during the burial and the police elephants will dance too.
“We will not tolerate any flag, IPOB insignia or the group’s member disguising as Jewish or Zionist Church members during the burial.
“They (Afaraukwu community) should tell IPOB not go near the area, let alone participating in the burial.
“If the community fails to adhere to the police’s warning the burial will not go on smoothly because we are going to scatter the place. IPOB is proscribed by the Federal Government.”
IPOB had last week condemned the deployment of troops to a funeral venue, urging the Nigerian army and other security agencies to better face the real security challenges confronting the country.
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