Adamu Garba, a former presidential candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that the 10-year prison sentence handed down by a UK court to former Nigerian Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has tarnished Nigeria’s image and sovereignty.
WITHIN NIGERIA reports that the embattled politician along side his wife Beatrice, and Doctor Obinna Obeta were sentenced to jail on Friday over organ harvesting.
Garba responded to the incident on Friday via his Twitter handle, arguing that it is not ideal for a former deputy Senate president to serve a prison sentence in a foreign country.
He urged the Federal Government to summon the UK ambassador to Nigeria and express his dissatisfaction with the situation.
He wrote:
I really don’t like this. I see it as a dent upon the image of our country and its sovereignty. A whole former deputy Senate president to serve a jail term in a foreign land? What kind of country are we?
If Nigeria is serious on this issue, we should immediately summon a UK ambassador to Nigeria, express our displeasure with the situation, minding not the attitude of Senator Ekweremadu but the institution he represents, then, perhaps afterwards, negotiate within our diplomatic basket for what we can give them in order to get him back to Nigeria.
https://twitter.com/adamugarba/status/1654506095430316032?s=20
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