Deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday received a heroic
welcome in Enugu state days after security operatives laid siege at his
Abuja home. He was received by members of his constituency and
supporters.
Supprters in their masses welcoming Ike Ekweremadu
Ekweremadu vowed to sustain the struggle, insisting that he would never
be intimidated by those he described as anti-democratic forces with no
democratic credentials in their blood stream.
Thousands of residents of the Coal City state had trouped out to receive
the lawmaker as they formed lines from the Akanu Ibiam International
Airport through major streets to his Independence Layout residence,
chanting solidarity songs.
Addressing newsmen in his house, Ekweremadu vowed to continue the
struggle to rescue the nation from its present state of anomie and urged
the federal government to tackle the plethora of challenges facing the
nation instead of engaging in mindless clamp down of perceived political
opponents.
He said despite the obvious desperation of the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remained determined
to return to power by 2019 in order to save the nation from imminent
collapse.