An umbrella body of Igbo people living in Germany, Ndi-Igbo Germany, NIG, yesterday tendered an unreserved apology to the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, over the weekend attack on him by members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, in Nuremberg, Germany.
This is coming as the Nigerian Embassy in Germany has said his attackers will be prosecuted under German laws.
Under German laws, physical assaults are punishable by fines or imprisonments of up to 10 years, depending on the gravity.
A statement issued by the Special Assistant to Ekweremadu on Media, Uche Anichukwu, said the group has said that any embarrassment to a leading light of Ndigbo like Ekweremadu was an embarrassment to the entire Igbo race and Nigeria, vowing to ensure that the law runs its full course.
According to Anichukwu, the apology letter was signed by NIG leader, Ogechukwu Nsofor.
He quoted the group as saying, “we, Ndi-Igbo Germany, the umbrella/apex union of all Igbo unions operating in the Federal Republic of Germany are shocked and dismayed by the unprovoked, unwarranted and senseless attack unleashed on Senator Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany.”