The Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has raised alarm over the security of the life of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
It warned that nothing bad should happen to him,
The Igbo group raised the alarm in a statement issued by its President General, Chief John Nnia Nwodo.
He said the warning became necessary in view of the report of the siege laid to Ekweremadu’s residence on Tuesday by the police.
Nwodo said although the group would not prevent the government from doing its work, it should remain within the confine of the law.
His words: “In a democratic setting as ours, we expect security agencies to be civil and work within the rule of the law without breaching the civil liberty of any individual.”
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Nwodo noted that Senator Ekweremadu, being the highest Igbo in government was much cherished by his people and was expected that he should be accorded all the respect deserving of his position.
He said the group would not accept a repeat of the situation where an Igbo son, Senator Enyinna Abaribe, was incarcerated for some days without any tangible reason made available to Nigerians.
“We will not want to be sentimental into believing that there are grand designs to silent and humiliate Igbo leaders at the national level who are legitimately representing their people very well but whose stance on issues is not agreeable with the ruling authorities,” he said.
He however warned that the people of Igbo origin would not condone any attempt to harass, intimidate or arrest Igbo leaders without following the due process of the law.
