Igbo Indigenes Without Borders, a socio-cultural organisation, has appealed to the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to intervene in the case of the former Deputy President of Senate, Ike Ekweremadu.
The President of the group, Dr Bernard Oshi, made the appeal at a news conference on Friday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, were convicted by a United Kingdom Central Criminal Court, London, for organ harvesting.
Oshi also appealed to Tinubu and the incoming 10th National Assembly to look into the matter with a human face and prevail on the government of the United Kingdom to temper justice with mercy.
Similarly, he called on the members of the diplomatic corps, particularly those of the United Nations, the United Kingdom and the United States of America to come to the aid of Ekweremadu.
According to him, the organisation as a concerned institution, monitored with keen interest the public and private service record of Ekweremadu as a lawyer, philanthropist, politician and a patriot.
“Ekweremadu’s parental instinct moved him to provide care for his sick daughter even at the distressing cost of having to seek for a kidney donor. This is not the type of crime a man should be abandoned to face alone.”
Oshi, congratulated Tinubu, the Vice President-Elect, Sen Kashim Shettima, all members of the National Assembly, governors and state assembly members either reelected or newly elected.
He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his leadership and commitment to keeping the country united, particularly through the past difficult years.
“Our hope and prayer is for Nigeria to continue to witness peace and prosperity as we continue our democratic journey.”
NAN reports that Igbo Indigenes Without Borders, is a socio-cultural organisation with membership within and outside Nigeria, particularly in China, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
