Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, says he does not hold a grudge against the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) over the attack on him by its members in Germany.
Senator Ekweremadu was attacked on Saturday in Nuremberg, Germany.
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He was billed to give a keynote address at the Second Annual Cultural Festival and Convention organised by Ndi-Igbo Germany.
The lawmaker was accused by IPOB members of conspiring with the Federal Government to proscribe the group in the South East and the killing of its followers.
In a statement by his media assistant, Uche Anichukwu, Ekweremadu condemned the attack and assured that he was safe and had reported the incident to the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Tuggar.
“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,” he said.
“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.
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“Much as I am disappointed in their conduct, especially as I am one of the persons, who have spoken up on justice for Ndigbo, the Python Dance, judicial killings in Igbo land and elsewhere both on the floor of the Senate and in my written and personal engagements with the Presidency and the media as well as rallied the South East Senate Caucus to secure Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s release with Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe taking him on bail to douse tension in the South East, I nevertheless do not hold this to heart against them, for they know not what they do.”
