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A teenager who was fatally stabbed in #Barking and #Dagenham this month won't be buried in the borough due to "threats" being made to his family by #gang members his uncle has revealed. Wazabakana Elenda Jordan Kukabu, 18, known as Jordan, was stabbed to death near Dagenham Heathway Tube station on Friday, May 5.
Jordan's uncle, Michel Pongo, is a Barking and Dagenham councillor and paid tribute to his nephew the following day on Twitter, warning anyone involved in gangs to "drop your knife" and quit "before it is too late". At a council meeting last night (May 17), Cllr Pongo told the chamber his family is unable to bury Jordan in Barking and Dagenham due to threats that have been made to his cousin.
Cllr Pongo of Chadwell Heath Ward, said: "Do we know how many gangs there are in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham My nephew will not be buried [here] because my cousin has received threats from a lot of people, so there are gangs out there that are running this borough."
He also told the chamber that after his nephew died he met with five bereaved parents who had lost a child to a murder. Cllr Pongo said: "All of them actually [told] me that kids are [preyed and watched on] at the age of 11 in the borough, can I just ask Cllr Syed Ghani is there any measures that the council will put in place to prevent kids from joining gangs?"
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