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From Magnus Eze, Enugu
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has faulted the judgment passed by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, directing that former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, should forfeit his 40 landed properties.
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation described the judgment as hasty, saying the embattled politician should have been given the opportunity to defend himself on the said properties.
Ekweremadu alongside his wife is currently facing trial in the United Kingdom over alleged organ harvesting charges in their bid to get treatment for their ailing daughter, Sonia.
National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Dr. Alex
Ogbonnia in a statement on Saturday, said: “Ohanaeze Ndigbo stands on a moral probity to state that a hasty exparte motion filed by the
EFCC on a man who is undergoing some travail in the United Kingdom falls short of ethical standards and natural justice.
“We maintain that Senator Ike Ekweremadu should be given the opportunity to defend himself on his properties; and if found wanting should surely face the consequences.
“We are aware that there are several allegations of corruption cases pending in the EFCC but the urgency and selective judgment in the case of Ekweremadu is not only curious but indeed
true to type.”
The group called on all the Nigerian legal luminaries of goodwill to intervene against gradual steps towards totalitarianism.
