Police warn Nnamdi Kanu against using parents’ burial as propaganda tool, say CCTV cameras around his house illegal

Addressing newsmen in Umuahia, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Ene Okon said the police is prepared to guarantee peace and security of Abians and residents during the burial ceremony slated to take place on Friday, February 14, 2020.

CP Okon denied allegation that he is trying to scuttle the burial ceremony of the late traditional ruler, saying he has mobilized men of the state command, prepared them well to ensure that there will be peaceful burial ceremony.

While revealing that half the number of Afaraukwu Community have deserted the area over mounting tension, he accused people he described as outsiders of attempting to hijack the burial of their Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and his wife.

The police chief alleged that intelligence report reveals that some people suspected to be members of IPOB were smuggled into the late Royal father’s compound, urging the traditional council of Afaraukwu not to allow IPOB members whom he said are outsiders to Bury the late king.

The police also frowned at the mounting of CCTV cameras on public roads around his house by Nnamdi Kanu, saying it is illegal and has security implications.

While reiterating that the police is committed to a hitchfree burial of the late traditional ruler and his wife, CP Okon appealed to elders in the community to warn Nnamdi Kanu against scuttling the exercise through propaganda.

He also ordered the immediate dismantling of CCTV cameras in public roads around Nnamdi Kanu’s compound.

He called on those leaving the community not to leave again, saying he and members of the state police command will guarantee them adequate security.