Nnamdi Kanu plans to attend his parents' burial in February

Bayo Wahab 16:05 - 18 January 2020

Nnamdi Kanu, pictured in 2017 in the garden of his house in Umuahia, southeast Nigeria, disappeared later that year while on bail, later re-emerging first in Jerusalem, then Britain

Kanu says he will not disclose the security arrangement for the burial because of enemies.

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu is planning to come to Nigeria for his parents' burial on February 14, 2020.

In a statement signed by the group’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, Kanu said that the ceremony would follow the normal burial preparation in accordance to the custom of the land.

The IPOB leader further said he would not disclose the security arrangement for the burial because of ‘enemies’, who wish to destabilize the ceremony.

“The burial of our leader’s parents burial will be 14th of February 2020,” the statement read.

“We are not going to disclose our security arrangements because they are much enemies who wish to destroy or destabilize every effort made for the successful burial of these father and mother of our leader

“IPOB is on ground and nothing will change our resolve to protect the environment.”

Kanu lost his mother, Sally Kanu in October 2019. Sally died in August in Germany after a protracted illness. Two months after, the IPOB leader also lost his father, Eze Israel Kanu, who died at the age of 86 in December 2019.