IPOB metes Ekweremadu’s treatment on Rotimi Amaechi

 

• Federal Government condemns attack

 

BY OUR EDITOR

The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has claimed responsibility for a foiled attack on the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, in Spain.

Spanish police Friday repelled attack on Amaechi by some Nigerians identified as members of IPOB in Madrid, where the minister was attending a climate change event.

The minister said those that attacked him outside the conference facility in Madrid were dressed in t-shirts and face caps with the inscription of IPOB.

The IPOB, in a statement Friday night by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, claimed responsibility for the foiled attack on the minister.

The minister said the Spanish police rescued him “unhurt from the misguided Nigerians.” Amaechi tweeted about the incident via his recognised twitter handle, @ChibuikeAmaechi.

“Some minutes ago, I was attacked by a few misguided Nigerians while on national assignment at a climate change event in Madrid, Spain. They were quickly repelled by the Spanish police before they could do any harm. I am fine. I was not hurt. Thanks for your support & prayers,” he tweeted.

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IPOB in its statement said: “Yes, IPOB beat Amaechi the Transport Minister base on the standing order given by our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to reprimand those politicians who think they have arrived. IPOB Spain, precisely Madrid, beat Minister of Transport Chibuike Amaechi in Spain. The order was there before the attack on former Deputy Senate President Dr. Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany.

“IPOB is warning all those corrupt politicians who brought hardship to the people that we are waiting for them anywhere we meet or see them. We are telling the whole world why they must be dealt with because they are not sincere to the people, to the suffering citizens.

“We ask to retrace their steps otherwise IPOB in the diaspora will continue to treat their foolishness anywhere around the world.”

Meanwhile, the federal government, yesterday, condemned the attack on the minister, who was part of the federal government’s delegation to Madrid, Spain for the on-going climate change conference (COP 25).

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Reacting to the incident, the Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, condemned “in its entirety, the attack on Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike R. Amaechi while on a national assignment in Madrid, Spain”.

She added: “Chibuike R. Amaechi who was attending an official event in Madrid was reportedly attacked by some Nigerians. We applaud the prompt intervention of the Nigerian Mission in Spain, as well as the Spanish police who ensured that the attacks did not escalate any further. Information indicates that the case is being handled by the Spanish Police.

“We appeal to Nigerians to be of good behaviour wherever they find themselves because such incidents ultimately tarnish the image of the country within the host country, with multiplier negative effects on Nigerians living in that country, who are law abiding and well behaved.”

Attacks on Nigerian government officials overseas is gradually becoming a tool used by some Nigerians to vent their anger on the government.

In August, this year, a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu was attacked in Nurnmberg, Germany, where he went to attend the Second Annual Cultural Festival and Convention organised by Ndi-Igbo Germany.

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