A public affairs commentator. Chucks Ibegbu is speaking up days after former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, was jailed in the United Kingdom, UK, mintaining that the Federal Government of Nigeria has kept sealed lips.
He maintained that FG also maintained the same stance all through the time the trial lasted.
Politics Nigeria gathered that Ibegbu, who was not comfortable with the scenario, said Ekweremadu’s case had exposed the Federal Government’s alleged double standard.
Ibegbu noted that the Federal Government’s silence was an indication that once a personality from a section of the country has issues, such a person is left to their fate.
It could be recalled that a London court had sentenced Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta to prison for organ harvesting.
But, while Ekweremadu’s conviction has continued to draw sympathy from Nigerians, the Federal Government has been silent.
Keen watchers say the Federal Government’s window to use diplomacy to resolve Ekweremadu’s case was lost when it failed to reach out to its UK counterpart within 24 hours after he was arrested for organ harvesting.
“Allowing the case to go to court might indicate that the Nigerian Government was interested in Ekweremadu being convicted in the UK,” a source indicated.
Also, while Ekweremadu was facing trial in the UK, the Nigerian Government, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had moved for the confiscation of some of his properties in Nigeria, Dubai, and UK.
The EFCC had told an Abuja Federal High Court in Abuja in November 2022 that the properties were suspicious proceeds of crime.
