German Court Convicts IPOB Members Who Attacked Ekweremadu
Germany has convicted four members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who attacked Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president.
They have also served their sentences, TheCable further learnt.
The convictions, which were handed out in August, went completely under the radar but diplomatic sources in Germany told us on Friday that the four IPOB members were prosecuted for physical assault and sentenced to 20 days of labour “without pay”.
The Nigerian embassy did not immediately respond to TheCable’s inquiry for the identities of the convicts.
In 2019, the serving senator from Enugu state was beaten up by Biafra agitators in Nuremberg at an event organised by “Ndigbo Germany”.
IPOB — which Nigeria had declared a terrorist organisation — claimed responsibility for ...