Ekweremadu couple had no bad intention in mind – IYC

…Pleads with UK to Free wife

Abiodun OBA

The Igbo Youth Council, IYC, has expressed conviction that the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice, did not involve themselves in any untoward deal but had followed an established process to save the life of their daughter.

This is as the group wades into the raging controversy over the detention of  the couple in London.

It was reported that the couple are being held in the UK for charges bordering on alleged organ harvesting.

The group in an open letter of appeal signed by Igbo Youths President-General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike and the Secretary-General, Obinna Achionye to the UK Embassy, it appealed that at least the Senator’s wife be freed to enable her attend to their ailing daughter.

IYC said it was now clear that the Ekweremadus did not involve themselves in any untoward deal but had followed an established process to save the life of their daughter.

“Following more emerging revelations in the case involving the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, both true son and daughter of Igbo land, we find it expedient to make this open appeal to the UK Embassy in Nigeria.

“Contrary to earlier reports which flooded the media, it has become clear that the couple had no bad intention in mind.

“Having seen that they had no other intention rather than to save the life of their daughter, as nobody will sit by and watch their child die without making efforts, we deemed it necessary to make this appeal.

“We plead with the United Kingdom, through its Embassy here in Nigeria, to look into the implication of detaining the husband and the wife. We appeal for the release of one of them so that the person can take care of the sick child who needs medical help urgently,” the group wrote.