Tobias Sylvester
The family of Eze Isaac Okwu Kanu, the traditional ruler of Afaraukwu community, Umuahia North Local North Government of Abia State, has debunked rumour of his death.
Eze Isreal is the father of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
This is coming following widespread rumours in many quarters that Eze Israel Kanu, had died as a result of the shock he suffered over his wife’s demise.
Debunking the rumour, younger brother of the IPOB leader and spokesman of the family, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, insisted their father was alive.
“For avoidance of doubt, anyone who wishes to have an audience with the king can visit the Palace”.
“It is not true that our father is dead. It is a wicked and stupid.
“rumour being perpetrated by haters of the IPOB global family and those who also do not wish the Kanu family well. I assure you that such people would, at the end, be disappointed.
“He said it was true that their mother’s death devastated the monarch, but the shock arising from it was being properly managed.
“Our father is doing well. He is trying to deal with the shock at the moment, and you know it’s not easy,” he said.
Also speaking on the rumour, President General of Afaraukwu
Development Union, Chief Ikechukwu Ndubueze, said it was not true that their monarch was dead.
“Our Eze came back to his palace in September and he is alive,” Ndubueze said.
Reacting to the development, the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was quoted in the media as saying that the fake news about his father’s death was aimed at distracting and sabotaging the Biafran restoration.
Kanu, therefore, vowed that no amount of distraction will stop the Biafran restoration.
Nnamdi Kanu is still making plans for the burial his mother, Ugoeze Sally Meme Kanu, who succumbed to her protracted illness and died on died August 30 in Germany.
