Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the leading Igbo sociocultural group, has begged the British government to show mercy to Ike Ekweremadu, the imprisoned former Deputy Senate President.
The appeal was made by Ohanaeze on Tuesday when it hosted Dr. Richard Montgomery, the British Higher Commissioner to Nigeria, at its national secretariat in Enugu.
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The trial court’s decision to sentence the former congressman to more than 10 years in prison in the case of organ harvesting against him, his wife, and a doctor was accepted, according to the highest Igbo body.
Speaking on behalf of the Ohanaeze, Archbishop Emmanuel Chukwuma stated that Ndigbo would be pleased if Ekweremadu’s prison sentence was cut short.
He said;
There is a very important issue that we have to bring to your attention. You’re aware of the case of Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who was convicted and is in jail in your country.
He’s from this state and we all know the circumstance he got entangled in that unfortunate incident because he wanted to save his daughter.
Chukwuma also stressed;
He is already serving a jail term. It’s unfortunate, but it has happened. I testified for him during the trial, and in fact, the judge mentioned my name two times while delivering his judgement.
But we’re using the opportunity of your visit to ask for leniency for him so that he doesn’t spend the number of years in jail. We have accepted the judgment, but are saying if there’s anything that could be done to reduce the jail term.
He’s from this area and if we don’t bring this thing up as Ohanaeze or from us here, concerning this important son of Igboland, it wouldn’t be nice of us. We are quite overwhelmed.
