Nigerian opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has joined Federal Government and other well-meaning Nigerians to condemn physical assaults on former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu.
The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday, said the attack cannot be justified under any guise.
The Party called on the Nigerian Embassy in Germany to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
The incident took place on Saturday at the second annual Igbo Cultural Festival in Nuremberg, Germany.
In a viral video, IPOB members were seen pelting Ekweremadu with objects from the hall down to the car that drove him away despite efforts by his aides to restrain them.
Uche Anichukwu, his media aide, in a statement, confirmed that Ekweremadu was physically assaulted by some members of the separatist group.
Also in a statement on Sunday, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), flayed the attack as an embarrassment to the country.
“It is also shamefully pathetic that an event, which was nobly put together by the Ndi-Igbo community whose members make up the majority of Nigerians living in Germany, ended up in such a disgraceful manner,” she said.