Ekweremadu’s Attackers Will Face German Law, Says Embassy – TheNigerialawyer

The Nigerian embassy in Germany says the attackers of Ike
Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, 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.

Ekweremadu, who is a serving senator from Enugu state, was
beaten up by members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in
Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday at an event organised under the
auspices of “Ndigbo Germany”.

In a press statement shared with TheCable on Monday evening, the
embassy of Nigeria in Berlin said the threat level of the event had
been classified as “minimal” by the German police, hence the lack
of security personnel at the event.

Ekweremadu was molested as he arrived the venue to give the
keynote.

THE FULL TEXT OF THE EMBASSY’S STATEMENT
The Embassy of Nigeria, Berlin, Germany wishes to react to
viral videos of a vicious physical attack on the immediate past
Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate and serving Senator of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, by some members an
illegal and terrorist entity named Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (
POB) in Nuremberg on 17th August 2019.

The attack happened at an event organised by Nigerians in
Germany under the auspices of a socio-cultural organisation known
as Ndigbo Germany, a registered entity in the Federal Republic of
Germany. Invitations were extended to Nigerian dignitaries,
including the Distinguished Senator and Nigeria’s Ambassador to
Germany, His Excellency Yusuf Maitama Tuggar. The Nigerian
Ambassador also honoured the invitation but arrived at the venue
shortly after the incident. The organisers reportedly requested for
police protection to ensure public order during the event but were
told that the threat level was minimal and did not require
stationing of any personnel at the venue before the
incident.

The Embassy has requested a thorough investigation of this
attack with a view to identifying the perpetrators and bringing
them swiftly to justice in accordance with German law.

This would deter future acts of violence against officials
of the Nigerian Government on German soil particularly against the
backdrop of threats by the proscribed IPOB to carry out similar
attacks on more Nigerian dignitaries, especially those from the
South Eastern part of the country.

Embassy of Nigeria Berlin, Germany 19th August 2019

Dasuki’s ONSA: EFCC Arraigns Woman, Oshodin over
Security Vote

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday,
August 19, 2019 arraigned Mrs. Isabella Oshodin and Bob Oshodin
Organisation Ltd before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High
Court, Abuja on a 25-count charge bordering on money laundering to
the tune of N22,964,228,414 (Twenty-two Billion, Nine Hundred and
Sixty-four Million, Two Hundred and Twenty-eight Thousand Four
Hundred and Fourteen Naira).

Oshodin is alleged to have on 16 occasions, received the sums of
N500,000,000; N750,000,000; N125,000,000; N350,000,000;
N170,000,000; N85,000,000; N60,000,000; N50,000,000 and others
which totalled N2,366,000,000 (Two Billion, Three Hundred and Sixty
Six Million Naira) from the Office of the National Security
Adviser, ONSA under then NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

Investigations further revealed that the defendant on eight
occasions received from Dasuki’s ONSA sums totalling $57,217,301.15
(Fifty-seven Million, Two Hundred and Seventeen Thousand, Three
Hundred and One US Dollars, Fifteen Cents) into the Escrow accounts
of Bob Oshodin Organisation Ltd.

Count two of the charges reads: “That you, Mrs. Isabela Mimie
Oshodin, Bob Oshodin Organisation Ltd and Mr. Robert (Bob) Oshodin
(still at large) on or about 22nd June, 2014 in Abuja within the
jurisdiction of this honourable Court directly transferred the sum
of $7,712,598 (Seven Million, Seven Hundred and Twelve Thousand,
Five Hundred and Ninety-eight Dollars) to one Portfolio Escrow
Company with account number 3102004330 domiciled in California
Republic Bank, United States of America which sum you reasonably
ought to have known to be proceed of an unlawful act of Sambo
Dasuki (rtd), the then National Security Adviser to wit: criminal
breach of trust and you thereby committed an offence contrary to
Section 15 (2) (b) of the Money Laundering (Provision) Act, 2011as
amended in 2012 and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same
Act.”

The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when read to
her.

In view of her plea, prosecuting counsel, Aisha Tahar Habib
prayed the court to fix a date for the commencement of trial.

“I have noticed my lord the second defendant is not represented,
notwithstanding, in view of the first defendant’s plea of not
guilty, I will like to ask for a date for trial,” she said.

However, counsel for the defendant, Osahor Odemodia, informed
the court of the bail application for his client, and urged the
court to grant her bail on liberal terms, pending the commencement
of trial.

But Habib opposed the application for bail, informing the court
of a counter-affidavit filed on July 10, 2019, and so urged the
court to refuse her bail, and instead, give the case accelerated
hearing.

The trial judge, thereafter, adjourned to August 21, 2019 and
ordered the defendant to be remanded in EFCC custody pending the
ruling on the bail application.

Tony Orilade
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
August 19, 2019