By CHARLES IWUOHA

Ex-Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has condemned the alleged targeted attack on his supporters and stakeholders at a meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Ndeaboh in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State at the weekend.

Ekweremadu said the violence left many of his supporters critically injured, including members representing the Aninri State Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly.

In a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Uche Anichukwu, which was made available to journalists on Sunday, the lawmaker who is also a governorship aspirant, called on security agencies to ensure that the culprits were brought to book.

Ekweremadu said: “I received with utmost sadness, the news of the violence that marred the expanded stakeholders meeting of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), in Aninri LGA at the weekend, as well as the brutal attack on my supporters and associates at the said meeting.

“The attack, which left many, including the member representing Aninri State Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Chinedu Okwu, critically injured and hospitalised, is at variance with the peace-loving nature of Aninri. Therefore, I condemn in strongest terms, this attempt to stoke fire and political violence in our LGA.”

He called on politicians and interested persons not to devise means of intimidation and intolerance in the processes leading to the general election in 2023.

He urged security agents to swing into action immediately and arrest the perpetrators and bring them to the full wrath of the law, to avoid repetition of violence at political meetings in Enugu State.

“Meanwhile, my sympathies go to Hon. Chinedu Okwu and many others who sustained various degrees of life-threatening injuries during this act of political brigandage,” he added.

In the statement, Ekweremadu urged his teeming supporters to remain calm and law-abiding.