The Northern Parliament has told the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu not to visit any northern part of Nigeria.

The group made this known in a statement jointly signed its speaker, Dr Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu, national secretary, Comrade Yakubu Karau Luka and national publicity secretary, Kabir Haruna Alfa, in Kaduna.

The Parliament said the continuous unlawful movement of Kanu is perceived as a threat capable of distracting government attention.

”The Nigerian government and securities agencies should be warned not to allow Nnamdi Kanu to criss-cross from his Biafra territory to any part of northern Nigeria,” the group said.

The Northern Parliament also said it is not against the secession of the Igbos from Nigeria but preaches for a democratic approach towards the actualisation of Biafra.

”Nigeria faces an existential threat. The security architecture of the northern region has been variously undermined.

”The persistence increase of insecurity in northern Nigeria cannot be over emphasised. Having observed carefully the continuous increase of kidnapping, armed robbery and consistent communal clashes between Fulani headsmen/farmers in various communities in the north. We find it imperative to add our voices of caution to the federal government.

”It is regrettable to state that immediately after the completion of the renovations at the Abuja international airport, the business of kidnapping and armed robbery has taken a new dimession in the entire northern extraction,” the group said.