Over 30 traditional rulers in Enugu State have presented “Offor staff” to the Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, with a warning that no one should remove him from his position or even dare harm him in any way.
The traditional rulers, who were at Ezeagu Local Government Area where the deputy Senate President officiated at the Ikeoha Foundation, Adult Literacy Day and 2015/2016 Scholarship and Bursary Award, had moved to the podium and handed over the “Offor staff”which is described as a symbol of justice to Ekweremadu.
One of the royal fathers, Igwe Hafford Agana, who made the presentation, while others circled him, said: “we are telling the whole world that nothing should happen to Ekweremadu. We have given him another Offor today.”
Emboldened by the traditional rulers’support, Senator Ekweremadu boasted: “I want to assure our people that nobody will remove me.
“It is not by my power, not by my might but by the special grace of God. It is not by our trajectory; so, they cannot do anything.”
Ekweremadu said that he would continue to partner with the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led administration to better the lives of the people in the state, adding: “be assured that we will continue to support you; whoever is your friend will be our friend; whoever is your enemy will have us to contend with.”
This was even as Governor Ugwuanyi described Ekweremadu’s empowerment scheme as another milestone, stressing that “education is indeed the bedrock of any society. This is why as a government, we have continued to commit considerable resources to the provision of facilities.” [myad]
