{"id":96387,"date":"2022-06-27T02:44:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T01:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96387"},"modified":"2022-06-27T02:44:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T01:44:13","slug":"ekweremadu-ebonyi-govt-invites-alleged-victims-family-to-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/ekweremadu-ebonyi-govt-invites-alleged-victims-family-to-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekweremadu: Ebonyi Govt invites\u00a0 alleged victim\u2019s family to meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Government of Ebonyi State has summoned the family of Mr. David Ukpo Nwamini, the boy in the middle of the Ekweremadu UK controversy, to a meeting at the Abakaliki Government House.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement signed by the Secretary to the Government, SSG, Kenneth Ugbala, the government said it deemed it necessary to wade into the issue of Senator Ekweremadu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the letter which was copied to the British High Commission Abuja, the Government described Ekweremadu as an illustrious son of Igboland and Mr. David Ukpo Nwamini as a worthy son of the State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cEbonyi State Government has noted a lot of distortion of information in the Social Media and has stepped into the matter to unravel all the facts.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cFrom preliminary investigation, Mr. David Ukpo Nwamini is from Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and was living with his junior brother in Ikotun, Lagos and was engaged in selling of phone accessories with his brother before he left for London.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cFrom the information available to us, it appears that the said David Ukpo Nwamini is not a MINOR as his junior brother, he was living with is said to be above 20 years of age and if that is the case, then David Ukpo Nwamini might have misinformed the London Police or the London Police was very hasty in reaching a conclusion in declaring Mr. David Ukpo Nwamini a Minor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cFrom the records of David\u2019s passport and testimony of Ebonyians in Lagos, preliminary investigation suggests that David is an adult who has a fundamental right to take decisions concerning himself.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cFrom the account on Social Media, we observe that Senator Ike Ekwerernadu did full disclosure in his letter to the British High Commission in Nigeria in support of David Ukpo\u2019s London Visa application with the sole aim of donating kidney to Senator Ike Ekweremadu\u2019s daughter and so the issue of donation of kidney was never hidden by the Senator.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe, therefore, request the family members of Mr. David Ukpo Nwamini to please come forward for a meeting with Ebonyi State Government on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in Abakaliki, Government House, to give us useful information to resolve this problem, and could contact the State Commissioner for Information, Barrister Uchenna Orji on 0803 098 6263.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWithout prejudice to justice being served on the matter and whatever may be the outcome, Ebonyi State Government stands with Senator Ike Ekweremadu and their own son, David Ukpo Nwamini and will do everything possible to assist both, while the case lasts and after the case.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe believe that Senator Ike Ekweremadu has not been found guilty as investigation is not yet concluded and do request Social Media to be fair in their reporting and to wait for the outcome of the investigation by the London Police.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe have confidence in the ability of the London 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