Senate President Ahmad Lawan reports that the Senate in a Closed Door Session deliberated on the arrest of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu in London.
And he had a personal engagement with Nigerian High Commissioner to Britain, Alhaji Sola Sarafa, who has done so well to establish contacts with Senator Ike Ekweremadu who had been able to get his team to be in Court.
The Senate president said,“The High Commission has also been able to provide some consular services that included the engagement of lawyers who defend our colleague. We commend them for doing this particular issue at stake.”
“Equally, the British, the Nigerian Ministers of Foreign Affairs have been engaged here so that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs extends diplomatic support for our colleague because this issue is already in court.”
“We have limited opportunity to discuss beyond what we have done so far. But I want to assure the family of our colleague & Nigerians that the Senate will continue to engage with our Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as the Nigerian High Commission in London.”
“The High Commission has done so much but we still expect that it will continue to provide consular service. And we have also mandated our Committee on Foreign Affairs to engage with the British Commission here in Nigeria.”
The Senate president also said that a delegation will be sent to London to see the former deputy senate president and the delegation is billed to move in the next two days.
“To find more details on this case as far as the High delegation is involved. There will be a delegation to London to see the former Deputy Senate President,” he said.
“A delegation from the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs will leave in the next two days to London for that purpose,” he added.
