June 27, 2023The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has begged the British government for clemency on behalf of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu recently jailed in the United Kingdom.Ohanaeze made the appeal on Tuesday when it received the British Higher Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomery at the National Secretariat of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Enugu.
Ohanaeze President General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, appealed for the setting up of a British visa office in the Southeast region.Iwuanyanwu explained that the South-East accounts for over 60 per cent of Nigerians travelling to the UK.He said it was unfair for them to be subjected to travelling to Abuja and Lagos to procure their visas.
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