We’re Burying Our Late King And Ugoeze, Not IPOB Affairs……Afaraukwu community Warns

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The Afaraukwu community in Umuahia North council area of Abia State, home town of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reiterated that the scheduled interment for their king and his wife should not be misconstrued as IPOB affairs.

Speaking through the President General, Afaraukwu community, Chief Ikechukwu Ndubueze, the community charged members of IPOB to desist from their activities to enable them allow lay to rest Nnamdi Kanu’s parents in peace.

Chief Ikechukwu Ndubueze, while briefing the media on the preparations for the funeral, insisted that the community wanted a peaceful atmosphere devoid of all manner of commotion and fracas, for the burial of their late monarch and his wife.

In his words, “What we are doing is a traditional burial and not IPOB thing. The entire Afaraukwu community wants a peaceful burial. We have been meeting with the security agencies in the state. What we are doing is not an IPOB affair, we are only burying our late monarch and his wife as tradition demands. They should allow us bury our dead. Afaraukwu is a peaceful community”.

“Some people don’t want us to have a peaceful burial. All we want to do is to give our monarch and his wife a peaceful burial”.

“The Commissioner of Police is our tenant, the head of Immigration and other security chiefs live in our community. Even the Abia State Government House is our tenant. They won’t be living in our community if we are not peaceful”, he added.

Meanwhile, he warned against fake reports about the burial by the the social media which, which he noted had created tension in the peaceful community.

Contributing, younger brother of the IPOB Leader, Emmanuel Kanu, urged the Army to stay away from their community in order for them to bury their late monarch and his wife in a peaceful manner.

”they should stay away from the burial and allow us bury our late patents. We don’t carry arms, we assure them we will conduct a peaceful burial. My parents have paid the supreme price, the Army should stay away.”

According to the National President, Ohanaeze Youth Council, Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, deployment of soldiers to the peaceful Afaraukwu community by the presidency in spite of the incessant bloodshed of innocent Nigerians in the North East zone by terrorists  strictly condemnable and unacceptable.