The youth wing of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused the Nigerian Government of masterminding the ordeal of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu in the UK. Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council was reacting to Friday's ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the interim forfeiture of 40 properties allegedly linked to Ekweremadu.
Nigerian Government Behind Senator Ekweremadu's UK Ordeal, Bias Against Him Over His Igbo Origin —Ohanaeze YouthsOhanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council was reacting to Friday's ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the interim forfeiture of 40 properties allegedly linked to Ekweremadu.
It said,"The ex-parte interim assets forfeiture order by Federal High Court, Abuja, is to say the least most cruel and whoever filed that suit at this time that Ekweremadu is incarcerated and unable to defend himself has no conscience or slightest regard for the cardinal pillars of law and justice, particularly the principle of “audi alteram partem” ."
“Moreover, EFCC’s claim that its investigators traced to Ekweremadu properties that he had dutifully declared in his assets declaration is ridiculous and not different from Mungo Park travelling thousands from Scotland to discover the River Niger. The group said, “It will interest Nigerians to know that in a bid to please the London Metropolitan Police, which has been its benefactor since inception; in a bid to confiscate Ekweremdu’s assets; and for whatever promises of ensuring they secure their future outside EFCC after President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the EFCC penned a malicious letter for the London Metropolitan Police, which the prosecutors tendered against Ekweremadu’s bail in London court back in July.
“Why is the EFCC so bent on continually infusing themselves into the case of Ekweremadu’s daughter’s health with extraneous issues?
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