Assassination: Ekweremadu threatens to release video clip

*Senate rejects Police burglary claim

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday
threatened to release video clips of how his house was invaded by
alleged assassins on Tuesday.

Ekweremadu said that he may be forced to actualize his threat to
release the video clip if the Police fail to withdraw its claim
that what happened in his house was a mere case of burglary.

The Senate resolved to ask the Police to do a thorough
investigation of the alleged assassination attempt on Ekweremadu,
his wife and son in the early hours of Tuesday.

The upper chamber said that the conclusion that the incident was
a case of burglary appeared to be hasty.

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South), who raised the issue,
prayed the Senate to condemn the hasty conclusion by the Police
that the invasion of Ekweremadu’s residence was a mere burglary
case.

Abaribe lamented that “For the police to quickly without
interviewing the very person for whom this incident happened to,
come out and determine that it was a burglary, actually burgles the
mind. We know in this country that Bola Ige was killed in his home.
We know and also it is a fact the former gubernatorial candidate,
Funsho Williams was also killed in his home”

“Our fear today is why is the Police engaging in a cover up? Why
is the police continually at any time that it concerns people that
do not have presidential oversight or cover, they quickly come out
and have a report” Abaribe queried

Ekweremadu, in his remarks said that a deputy Inspector General
of Police in charge of operations visited his house with the
Commissioner of Police for the FCT on Tuesday afternoon to
sympathizie with him.

“I showed them round and of course they were very sympathetic of
what happened”

He also informed Senate that he was shocked “when I wake up this
morning to hear Police saying that what happened in my house is a
mere case of burglary. I am at a loss because as we speak, they
have not taken any statement from my son who was hospitialised,
they have not gone to the hospital to find out what exactly
happened to my son. They have invited security personnel attached
to me who reported yesterday some are still reporting this
morning.

“They (the Police) looked at the CCTV tapes operated by the DSS
and a staff of my house, apparently they were not able to figure it
out. So it was easy for them to quickly dismiss what really
happened”

Ekweremadu noted that he has been able to figure out the correct
picture of what happened and disclosed that he now has the video
clip.

“Unfortunately for them, later yesterday evening a technician
came and was able to figure out and was able to produce the CCTV
footage, including how they gained entrance into my house and how
they got a way into my room and the fight between them my wife and
my son and all the efforts we made to save our lives. I am happy
that we have that in our custody which the police is not aware of.
I am sure that Nigeria will be shocked on what transpired and all
the efforts made to save our lives. Now that the police appears to
have concluded the case, unless they withdraw the statement that it
is a mere case of burglary, I may now be forced to release those
footage to the media, international communities so that Nigerians
and ordinary people judge whether it was a case of burglary or
attempt to kill me or whether they just want to come to my house to
have a breakfast or have a handshake with me.”

Ekweremadu added, “It appears to me that the man who said it was
a mere case of burglary does not know what burglary is about. He
doesn’t need any teaching he just needs to go into the internet and
find out what burglary is really about. He can compare if it is the
same with what happened in my house.”

He also said he might be forced to accept offers by some
concerned Nigerians who wanted to offer free security in his
house.

“I also want to appreciate those who said they want to come to
my house and provide security service for me with their machetes
and Dane guns if the police have failed to do that. If they fail to
withdraw so I have to accept those offers but I don’t want that to
be our portion”

Senator Dino Melaye, in his contribution said,

“The police adopted a very myopic, porous and intellectually
stagnant approach to a very serious matter. To start with, burglary
is not mere. Anyone who is engaged in burglary has satanic
intention. It is burglary that leads to assassination.

“To come out and say its mere burglary shows that the Nigeria
Police has identified some individuals that no matter what happen,
we will not get their service.

If this has happened to one of the faithfuls of Mr President,
this will not be the reaction of the Inspector-General of Police.
If this has happened to one of the close friends of the villa, this
will not be the reaction of the IGP.” he added.