Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, was on Saturday disgraced by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The incident is believed to have taken place in Nuremberg, Germany.
Ekweremadu was dragged around and stoned with different objects, around the venue of the event.
The lawmaker was later whisked away in a car, after several attempts to stop him from escaping.
In the video, one of the attackers was heard saying “imagine, people are dying on a daily basis, people are wailing on a daily basis and we are here enjoying.”
In her reaction, the Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Honourable Abike Dabiri Erewa, has condemned in its entirety, the
attack on the former Deputy Senate President and current serving senator of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Senator Ike Ekweremadu at the Second Annual Igbo Cultural Festival held in Nuremberg, Germany.
Senator Ekweremadu who was attending as a speaker/special guest of honor at the event
organised by the Ndi-Igbo Germany community was reportedly beaten up and egged publicly.
The incident is an embarrassment to the country.
According to reliable sources, some of the culprits who perpetrated the act have been
apprehended and we call on the German government and law enforcement agencies to ensure that there are consequences for their actions.
In a statement she issued in Lagos yesterday and signed by herself, she said it is shamefully pathetic that an event, which was nobly put together by the Ndi-Igbo
community in Germany whose members make up the majority of Nigerians living in Germany, to among other things provide a forum for the Diasporans and various stakeholders to network and to facilitate a better cooperation between German and Nigerian businesses, ended up in such a disgraceful manner.
She appealed to Nigerians to be of good behavior wherever they find themselves because such incidents tarnish the image of the country.
