Forgery Trial : Ekweremadu Writes US Congress, EU Parliament, Others

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike
Ekweremadu, on Tuesday wrote the United
Nations, European Union, United States’
Congress, European Union Parliament,
Governments of United States, United Kingdom
and other foreign missions, over his trial for
alleged forgery of Senate standing rules.
Ekweremadu raised the alarm over what he
described as attempt to truncate Nigeria’s
democracy and “silence him as the leader and
highest ranking member of the opposition in the
country, all in the name of prosecuting an alleged
forgery case.”
The letter is a two-page document, entitled: “Re:
Trumped up charges against the presiding officers
of the 8th Senate: Nigerian Democracy is in Grave
Danger,” a copy of which was sighted by our
reporter in Abuja.
Ekweremadu attached copies of the court
summons and other relevant documents relating
to the matter to his letter.
The deputy Senate president noted that he
wanted the international community, to “after
perusing the facts before them, decide whether or
not the trial was justified, or one purely borne out
of political vendetta.”
He insisted that neither his name nor that of the
president of the Senate, featured in the petition
filed by the aggrieved members of the Senate
Unity Forum (SUF) or during the investigation of
the petition by the police.