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Senator Abaribe Reacts After Ike Ekweremadu Was Disgraced And Beaten In Germany
The Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has described as reprehensible and utterly sacrilegious, the attack on former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu by some persons in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday.
Accordingly, Abaribe, in a statement on Sunday, condemned the act and noted that the attackers, who claimed to be members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, were obviously ignorant of the prevailing situation at home.
Abaribe described the attitude of the IPOB members βas a brazen show of ingratitude to a man who has been at the forefront in the struggle for all that is good for the Igbo raceβ.
The Minority leader said he and the entire minority caucus in the Senate are appalled on the very nauseating attack on Ekweremadu for no reason whatsoever.
βWe condemn itβ, Abaribe said.
The leader of the opposition in the red chamber noted that he and Ekweremadu stuck out their neck to arrange and stand for surety for the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
He said, βObviously this is not how to repay a man, an outstanding leader of men, an unpretentious Igbo leader.
βHe has given his all even going as far as deploying his means to arrange for the bail of Nnamdi Kanu, not minding the repercussions to his illustrious political career.
βIt is unfortunate. The perpetrators of the attack should know that as the Igbo, we respect elders and reverence our leaders.
βThe unwarranted attack is not the character of the Igbo. This is un-Igbo.
βIt is most worrisome and even inconceivable that the attackers will choose an auspicious occasion where our people are celebrating and showcasing our rich culture to exhibit such unbecoming and condemnable conduct in the name of agitation.
βNo, that was not agitation, no right thinking human will identify with such behaviour.
βYes, Nigeria is going through a horrendous phase, which is a fault line that her leaders, particularly we the Igbo leaders are engaging others to find a lasting solution to.
βResorting to mob mentality and venting the spleen on our leaders rather creates a vacuum that will leave our people helpless and confused in the circumstanceβ, he said.
Abaribe noted that there were rules of engagement in the country when things go awry and that it was the way everyone should go until there was an acceptable national consensus in which Senator Ekweremadu will always play a major role.
He, however, appealed to Ekweremadu not to be discouraged in any way, but rather be stoic and take it in its stride as the price often paid in leadership.
“Ekweremadu being attacked in Germany stands condemned. But this is also a lesson to all Nigeria politicians if you think you’re big and cannot be touched go abroad where your fuck up can actually be treated without the help of DSS operatives
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