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PRESS RELEASE BY ENUGU WEST PEOPLES' PARLIAMENT. 1. We the members of Enugu West Peoples’ Parliament, a Non Governmental Pressure Group received the unwarranted  attack on our great son, the former Deputy President of the Senate and Senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District, His Excellency, Prof Sen. Ike Ekweremadu CFR, with shock and utmost dismay. 2. We wish to condemn in totality this dastardly, cowardly and sacrilegious attack by members of IPOB in far away Nuremberg, Germany and also condemn the threats by IPOB to attack South East Governors and other Igbo leaders. 3. Let us also use this medium to appreciate all concerned Nigerians for rising in their numbers to condemn this act of brazen hooliganism. Prominent among them include, the Federal Government of Nigeria, whose prompt reaction came through the Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri, the Senate President, Deputy President of the Senate, PDP Senate and Representative Cacus, who...

The event of yesterday, the 17th of August, 2019 involving one of the very best from our clime and former deputy President of the Nigerian Senate is very reprehensible and every man of good conscience must censure this unwarranted evil act. Which person or group of persons in their right senses will behave in the manner this group chose to express their anger?  Senator Ike Ekweremadu has been in the forefront of the crusade for the inclusion of the Igbos in the scheme of things in the Nigerian state. Is this the best way to say thank you to a man that stood by your pressure group when many politicians from the south east treated you like tuberculosis patients and tried to guide your agitations to the path of civility?  Against all odds, in the face of intimidation from some powerful quarters that wants the Igbos to be relegated to the background, Sen. Ekweremadu stood firm, defended the dignity of the Igbo man and gave us a voice. I and the good people of Ezeag...

Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has described as reprehensible and utterly sacrilegious the attack on former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu by some persons claiming to be members of IPOB in Nuremberg, Germany. Abaribe not only condemned the despicable act, but said it smacks of utter ignorance of the prevailing situation at home with regards to what the leaders are doing in the circumstance. " It is a brazen show of ingratitude to a man who has been at the fore front in the struggle for all that is good for the Igbo race". In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minority leader said he and the entire minority caucus in the Senate are appalled on the very nauseating attack on the revered Deputy Senate President, Ekweremadu for no reason whatsoever. "We condemn it", Abaribe said. Senator Ekweremadu he said has given his all in standing for the Igbo race, particularly when "we stuck out our neck to arrang...

Attack On Ekweremadu Is An Abomination, Ndi-Igbo In Germany Apologises Channels Television  Updated August 19, 2019 The Ndi-Igbo Germany, (NIG), an umbrella body of Igbo people living in Germany, are apologising to the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, for the attack on him by members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Nuremberg, Germany, over the weekend. 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. The body said the event was part of its efforts to encourage foreign investment and industrialisation of Igboland, noting that it “provided a forum for Igbo people in Diaspora to network and to engage German business community with interest in investments and development in Igboland in particular and Nigeria in general”. READ ALSO: Those Who Attacked Ekweremadu Shall Be Tried Under Ge...