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| Sen. Ike Ekweremadu |
DEPUTY Senate President, Ike
Ekweremadu on Tuesday petitioned the United Nations, (UN), European
Union (EU), the United States’ Congress, the European Union (EU) Parliament,
Governments of United States, United Kingdom and other foreign missions, over
his trial for alleged forgery of the Senate standing rule.
Ekweremadu said the trial was a
calculated attempt to silence him as the leader and highest ranking member of
the opposition in the country, all in the name of prosecuting an alleged
forgery case...
In the petition entitled, “Re:
Trumped Up Charges Against the Presiding Officers of the 8th Senate: Nigerian
Democracy is in Grave Danger,” urged the international community to judge the
matter which was already in the court of law claiming that the charges were purely
borne out of political vendetta.
“You may further wish to judge for yourself
whether this unfolding scenario, coupled with the clampdown on the opposition,
such as targeted arrests and indefinite detention of opposition figures and
dissenting voices in spite of court pronouncements and in clear violation of
the Nigerian constitution, as well as the sustained marginalization of the
South-East and South-South geopolitical zones of Nigeria, does not constitute a
grave danger to the nation’s hard-won democracy. Moreover, the rules and
principles of fair hearing have not been adhered to because the police have not
interacted with me or the President of the Senate as at the time of writing
this letter.
“You may also wish to judge for
yourself whether this trial orchestrated against me is not a political trial,
calculated witch-hunt, barefaced intimidation, and a clear attempt to
emasculate the parliament and silence me as the leader and highest ranking member
of the opposition in Nigeria”, Ekweremadu said.
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