Senator Ekweremadu Cries Out To International Community

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has written to the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and governments of the United States and United Kingdom, claiming that the government of President Buhari is attempting to truncate Nigeria’s democracy.

Also copied in the letter were the United States Congress and European Union (EU) Parliament.

In the two-paged letter, titled

“Re: Trumped up Charges Against the Presiding Officers of the Eighth Senate: Nigerian Democracy is in Grave Danger”, Ekweremadu insisted that Buhari’s government wants to silence him as the highest ranking opposition leader in the country by prosecuting him for alleged forgery.

Ekweremadu also attached to his letter, copies of the court summons and other relevant documents relating to the charge. He urged the international community to go through the documents and determine if the trial was justifiable or one purely borne out of political vendetta.

He said neither his name nor that of Saraki featured in the petition by members of the Senate Unity Forum (SUF) or during the investigation of the petition by the Nigeria Police.

He alleged that he was denied fair hearing in the matter, adding that the police did not interact with him before he was charged to court.

But Nigeria police say they invited him for question but he refused to show up, thinking it was a joke.