ENUGU—ANGLICAN Archbishop of Enugu
Province, Most Reverend Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, yesterday, said that the removal
of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, from office could lead to civil
unrest in the country.
Archbishop Chukwuma, who gave the
warning while addressing students of Enugu State chapter of the National
Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, who visited him at his residence in
Enugu, told the students that he was impressed by their orderly manner they had
conducted themselves in the solidarity march.
The Cleric, said: “What we are
saying is that All Progressives Congress, APC, should not be afraid of
Ekweremadu. Ekweremadu is a very simple developing senator and out of all the
senators in the South East, Ekweremadu, I must say, is most loved, hard-working
senator that APC can make use of to develop Nigeria. “We want to also say that
it is unfortunate that the governor of Imo State has continued to insult him
and we say that it is not right, he should be called to order by the APC
because Ekweremadu was not elected by the APC and election in the Senate was
not done by governors.” He advised the governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha
to tread with caution, adding, “If he is an Igbo man, then is he not a
betrayer? I want to call him to order that if he continues this way, the Igbos
will deny him. “Ekweremadu should be left alone to do his work, he has been
elected constitutionally as Deputy Senate President and nobody can remove him
there. If they do that, it means that this government doesn’t want the Igbos,
then you are calling for its secession from Nigeria because that is the high
ranking position we have and we all, including the Church are behind him and he
has been performing and should be left to perform,” he said
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