The raid on the residence of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu by Police in Abuja, has been described as shameful, mean, callous and tyrannical and is a throwback to the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari of 1983.

This was the view of Senator Roland Owie, former Chief Whip of the Sena

Ike Ekweremadu

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According to him, “all well-meaning Nigerians must rise up against this compassionless and heartless government that has taken Nigeria backwards by 34yrs. “Above all the raid shows that the government has no goodwill and is naked, because, just a few weeks ago, Sen. Ekweramadu raised the alarm that plans were on by the agencis of government to raid his houses”, he said.

On the basis of such an alarm, plans for such a raid should have been shifted, he opined.

“No wonder”, he concluded, “that a Bini parable says UKPUTU MAGIEWE BAN, EBENORIENWE OGBEWE (if a goat refuses to stop eating ukputu leaves, the sweet leaves ultimately  kill the goat). God can not be mocked”.