Ekweremadu: IPOB Spanked The Wrong Horse – Shehu Sani
Senator Shehu Sani, has said that Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB spanked the wrong Horse with the Wrong Whip on the wrong track has condemned the attack on the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in Nuremberg Germany.
The immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Ekweremadu was physically assaulted by some members of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday at the 2nd Annual Igbo Cultural Festival organised by the Ndi-Igbo Germany community.
Sani on his Twitter handle said: IKE;IPOB spanked the wrong Horse with the Wrong Whip on the wrong track.
“The attack on Senator Ekweremadu in Germany stands unreservedly condemned.
“Whatever is the political or philosophical agenda of the people that attacked him, the strategy of physical assault or violence cannot lead them to success.”
IKE;IPOB spanked the wrong Horse with the Wrong Whip on the wrong track. — Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) August 18, 2019
Enweremadu confirmed the attack in a statement released by his Media Assistant, Uche Anichukwu in Abuja.
A 64-second video about the attack had gone viral on the social media earlier on Saturday. In the video, Ekweremadu was seen being violently questioned over his alleged conspiracy with the Federal Government to proscribe the IPOB in the South East and killing several of its followers. There were initial speculations on the veracity of the video where the senator was attacked with eggs by the irate IPOB members.
The Senator who also gave an account of the event on his social media handle, @iamekweremdu, however, assured that he was safe. He condemned the attack and said he had immediately reported it to the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, Mr Yusuf Tuggar.
He said: “I attended the Second Annual Cultural Festival and Convention organised by Ndi-Igbo Germany in Nurnberg today where I was billed to give a keynote address along with the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, who, however could not make it eventually.
“I was given a resounding welcome by Ndigbo in Germany and everything went smoothly until some men, who identified themselves as IPOB members stormed the venue and began to complain about the killings in the South East, stressing that there would be no Igbo event at the venue.
“I tried to engage them, but when they became unruly, I had to leave the venue. The organisers also invited the police and I was accompanied out of the venue.
