I Leave IPOB, Kanu To Verdict Of History – Ekweremadu

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Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, arrived Abuja Monday evening to a rousing welcome by supporters, saying members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra that attacked him in Nuremberg, Germany at the weekend were misdirected and misguided.

This is just as he said that he remains unruffled by the attack on him by the IPOB members stressing that he had the feeling they were under the influence of alcohol. According to him; “They don’t represent the feelings of our people. There is nothing to worry about. The organisers, the Igbo in Germany, have written a letter apologising for what happened. Everybody is free to go anywhere because those ones don’t represent the behaviour of Nigerians abroad.

Ekweremadu advised Nigerians, including Igbo leaders, to feel free to travel to any part of the world they wished to, saying that the attitude of his assailants did not represent the dispositions and behaviour of Nigerians in the diaspora.

He said; “For me, I have moved on. The government and authorities of Germany are free to do whatever they wish about it.”

Commenting on his next line of action in the face of the attack by IPOB and the threats to attack more Igbo leaders, especially the governors of the South East, Ekweremadu said: “Let me just say that the leaders he (Kanu) was mentioning were responsible for getting him out of jail in the first place.

“What we will do in this circumstance is to leave him to his conscience, the verdict of history, and possibly the repercussions of ingratitude. But I hope he won’t go to the extent of attacking any of the South East leaders anywhere.”

Ekweremadu said he had no regrets speaking for justice for Ndigbo and helping to facilitate Kanu’s release, saying he believed in justice for all irrespective of tribe, religion or region.

In his words; “First of all, I am a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. My job is to speak out when there is injustice anywhere. We have problem in the North East. I have visited the North East. I visited the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps there. I donated money. I sent relief materials. We had problem in the South-South, I visited the creeks and saw the environmental challenges there for myself.

“I was one of the few people the late President Musa Yar’Adua consulted before he decided on the issue of amnesty. I was the person, who advised him that he needed to call a meeting of the Council of State. So, he had to invite the then Attorney General to discuss that issue with me and I advised them on the constitutional implications of amnesty.

“So, I have always spoken out on matters that concern Nigerians no matter where they come from. I believe in justice for all. It had nothing to do with IPOB”, he added.

Meanwhile, Ndi-Igbo Germany, an umbrella body of Igbo people living in Germany, has tendered an unreserved apology to the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, over the weekend attack on him by members of IPOB in Nuremberg, Germany.

The group said that any embarrassment to a leading light of Ndigbo like Ekweremadu was an embarrassment to the entire Igbo race and Nigeria, vowing to ensure that the law runs its full course.

In a statement on Monday signed by their leader, Engr. Ogechukwu Nsofor, the group said:  “We, Ndi-Igbo Germany (N.I.G) the umbrella/apex union of all Igbo unions operating in the Federal Republic of Germany are shocked and dismayed by the unprovoked, unwarranted and senseless attack leashed on Senator Dr. Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany.

“Ndi-Igbo Germany, wish to offer our unequivocal apology to our special guest of honour, Senator Ike Ekweremadu – former Deputy Senate President – for the unfortunate treatment misdirected at him by members of Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra (IPOB) in Germany during the occasion of our 2nd Annual Igbo Cultural Festival and Convention 2019.”

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