Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, was chased out of a field by some angry youths in Ulunya, Ovoko, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State.
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Some residents of the area who spoke discretely remarked that the member representing Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency in the House of the Representatives, Pat. Asadu was the main suspect behind the attack as he hired the thugs to cause a commotion.
Asadu denied having a hand in the attack and said: ”At my level, there is hardly anything that would happen in Ovoko and the people won’t call my name. I didn’t know that Ekweremadu was coming to my country home. I only read that on social media. How he came and where he went are his personal businesses which he has a right to embark on.
“Anyone alleging that I hired some boys who pulled down the goal posts where he was to kick-off the football match should provide evidence linking me to the incident.
“What I noticed was that there was a football tournament which the vigilante group said they should not play because they noticed the politics and the misgivings involved.
“For the 24 years that the tournament held, this is the first time that the football association is inviting someone from Aninri or Orba or any community outside Ovoko to sponsor it. Therefore, some people were not comfortable with the arrangement and they went to court to obtain an order to stop it.”
Source: www.NaijaOnPoint.com
