“Dethrone Nnamdi Kanu’s father now or we would do it ourselves, strip him naked and burn his palace”- Umuahia Youths tell Governor Ikpeazu

Sequel to the civil unrest caused by the clash between the Nigerian Army and the IPOB members in Isiama Afaraukwu community in Umuahia Abia state, the Umuahia youth movement have declared that the father to the IPOB leader be stripped of his traditional rulership position. They issued a 24 hour ultimatum to the state governor to Abia state Governor to dethrone Nnamdi Kanu's father or they would take the laws into their hands by doing it theirselves forcefully. The POB leader's aged father is the traditional ruler of the community and the youths believe that his father has been giving deaf hears to all the chaos caused by his son..

The Youths further called for the continued stay of the military’s Operation Python Dance in their community, as they claimed that if the soldiers are withdrawn, IPOB members would attack them and rob residents of the community of their belongings.

Here’s their letter, demanding the monarch’s dethronement for failing to call his son to order but rather encouraged him in his “madness”.

“With tears and sorrow, the Umuahia Youth Movement respectfully write to request the dethronement of Nnamdi Kanu’s father as a traditional ruler of our clan. It beats our imagination that a man who calls himself a royal father and an elder could not call his son to order but rather encourage him in his madness has have plunged Umuahia city to a great crisis today. Sir, recall that Umuahia have been the most peaceful capital city in Nigeria to live and do business but just because of one man, we are today facing the wrath of the federal government of Nigeria. Our shops, markets, schools, churches and all banks have been shut down. For the past three days we have been indoors for fear of been attacked by the military just because of one man whose father is our traditional ruler. Based on the above, we hereby request that he be dethroned within 24 hours or we will take the laws into our hands and dethrone him and even strip him unclad and raze his house. We appeal to every well meaning Nigerian as well to prevail on governor Ikpeazu to as a matter of urgency dethrone Nnamdi Kanu’s father.”