Family attacks Ikpeazu over comment on Kanu parents’ whereabouts

Family of the missing leader of the Indigenous Peoples of
Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has attacked the Abia State governor, Okezie
Ikpeazu, over his purported comment concerning the whereabouts of
Kanu’s father, Eze Isreal Kanu, who is also a traditional ruler in
Isiama-Afaraukwu Umuahia community.

The spokesman for Kanu’s family, Emmanuel, cautioned the
governor to avoid playing politics with their father’s
whereabouts.

The whereabouts of the IPOB leader and his parents remained
unknown since September 14, 2017 after military raided the
palace.

The governor was said to have told some people from the
community who paid him a visit at the Government House that the
state government was making efforts alongside other South-East
governors to ensure that the monarch was re-united with his
subjects soon.

He also said that contrary to the misconception in some
quarters, he had no hand in the military invasion of the community
during the operation Python Dance ll.

Emmanuel urged Ikpeazu to ‘look for better ways to entertain his
guests and not use Kanu as a campaign slogan for his re-election
bid.’

He also called on the governor to be mindful of his utterances
concerning the whereabouts of the monarch and his other family
members yet to be sighted since the military raid on the palace
last year.

Emmanuel also wondered why “the governor didn’t think it was
wise to visit the family over a year that our father, mother and
brother disappeared suddenly and now making them campaign
tools.’’

Also, the prime minister of Isiama-Afaraukwu Umuahia community,
Odoemelam Chimechefulam, dissociated himself from the visit by some
members of the community to Ikpeazu.

He said they embarked on the visit on their own and not on the
community’s order.