Residents
of Afaraukwu Ibeku community, in Umuahia North Council of Abia State,
the home town of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,
Nnamdi Kanu, scampered to safety as over 100 fierce-looking soldiers
invaded the community.
The IPOB leader’s parents, Eze Okwu and Ugoeze Kanu, will be laid to rest on February 14, 2020, at Afaraukwa.
Vanguard
gathered that the situation caused tension as the residents shut their
shops while others fled their homes as the soldiers patrolled the area
in their armoured personnel carrier.
A resident said: “The
soldiers numbering over 100 in nine military veterans and 2 Armored
personnel carriers have been patrolling Bank road to Flo FM.
“The
Soldiers have blocked the entrance street to Eze Kanu’s Palace,
Afaraukwa, Umuahia with their van, walking round the community on foot.
Everyone was scared, we ran away.”
Another resident who simply
gave his name as Abarikwu said he was on his way back from church when
he got a call that soldiers had invaded the community.