The South East Youth Wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned in strong term, the alleged assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son, describing it as an attempt to silence leaders of the Igbo race.

Addressing Journalists after an emergency meeting of the States’ PDP Youth Leaders of the zone on Thursday, the Youth Leader, Comrade Chidiebere Egwu, said it was unacceptable, the purported police report which attributed the invasion to burglary, lamenting that the Deputy Senate President had been a victim of similar incidence since he emerged as the Deputy Senate President.

The youths warned that if President Muhammadu Buhari does not take practical steps to uncover the sinister motives behind the attack, they would assume that the assassins were sponsored by the Federal Government.

They called on the police and other security agencies to launch the full-scale investigation into the incident to avoid future occurrence, lamenting that it was worrisome how all the security operatives attached to the residence of the Deputy Senate President were not on ground at the time of the incident.

The youths, however, raised alarm to the International Community on the growing political tension in Nigeria, appealing that they should monitor political activities in the country ahead of the 2019 general election.