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EKWEREMADU ATTACK: WHAT A WRONG WAY TO REPAY AN UNPRETENTIOUS IGBO LEADER - ABARIBE
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Afnews Editor
Aug 18, 2019
The Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP
Abia), has described as reprehensible and sacrilegious the attack on former
Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu (PDP Enugu).
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The former Deputy Senate President was reportedly attacked
by some members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Nuremberg, Germany on
Saturday.
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Abaribe gave the condemnation in a statement he personally
signed in Abuja on Sunday.
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Ekweremadu was physically attacked by the IPOB members who
accused him of not partnering them.
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They accused the senator of conspiracy in the events that
led to the proscription of the group by the Federal Government in September
2017 through the Federal High Court Abuja.
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Abaribe also described the attack by those in Germany as a
despicable act.
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He said it smacked of utter ignorance of the prevailing
situation at home with regard to what Ekweremadu and other Igbo leaders were
doing in the circumstance.
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"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,ÔÇØ he
said.
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He said he and the entire minority caucus in the ninth
senate were appalled on the attack.
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"Senator Ekweremadu he said has given his all in standing
for the Igbo race, particularly when "we stuck out our neck to arrange and
stand for surety for the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
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"Obviously this is not how to repay a man, an outstanding
leader of men, an unpretentious Igbo leader who has given his all even going as
far as deploying his means to arrange for the bail of Nnamdi Kanu.
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"This was not minding the repercussions to his illustrious
political career.
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"It is unfortunate. The perpetrators of the attack should
know that as Igbos, we respect elders and reverence our leaders.
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"The unwarranted attack is not the character of the Igbo.
This is un-Igbo.
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"It 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.
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"No, that was not agitation, no right thinking human will
identify with such behaviour.
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"Yes, Nigeria is going through a horrendous phase, which is
a fault line that its leaders, particularly we the Igbo leaders are engaging
others to find a lasting solution to.
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"Resorting to mob mentality and venting the spleen on our
leaders rather creates a vacuum that will leave our people helpless and
confused in the circumstance,ÔÇØ he said.
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He said that there are rules of engagement in any country
where things go awry and that should be the way things should go at all times,
rather than resorting to physical assault.
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"Remember the popular Igbo saying: "Gbuo dike,Gbuo dike,
mgbe ihe ike mere achowa dike,ÔÇØ he said.
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He, however, appealed to Ekweremadu not to be discouraged in
any way, but rather take it in its stride as the price often paid in leadership.
