OKOWA CONDEMNS ATTACK ON EKWEREMADU IN GERMANY
OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO
Dr. feanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State has condemned the attack on Sen. Ike Ekweremadu at the 2nd Annual Igbo Cultural Festival held in Nuremberg, Germany.
Dr. Okowa in a statement signed by Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, his Chief Press Secretary (CPS)made available to the National Reformer in Asaba, said that the incident was pathetic, shameful and an embarrassment to Nigeria.
The Governor noted that Senator Ekweremadu, immediate past Deputy President of the Senate had been a great patriot and defender of his people as well as the down trodden who did not deserve the kind of ill-treatment meted to him by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members in Germany.
According to Dr. Okowa, “I join men of goodwill in condemning the attack on Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who has been a great patriot and leader of exemplary behaviour. It is pathetic and shameful that an event organised to chart the way forward for the Igbo race and Nigeria in general ended up in such a disgraceful and embarrassing manner to the country.”
The Delta State Governor added, “as Nigerians, we are trained to respect our elders and leaders as well as people in authority. I am particularly happy that some of the culprits have been arrested and I urge the German authorities to take necessary action on the perpetrators of the heinous act. ”
He spoke further, “I urge all Nigerians, home and abroad to be of good behaviour wherever they find themselves as such acts of lawlessness do not bring glory to the nation.”
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