{"id":156959,"date":"2025-03-27T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/verbal-attack-group-asks-sen-nwebonyi-to-tender-public-apology-to-ezekwesili"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:58:57","slug":"verbal-attack-group-asks-sen-nwebonyi-to-tender-public-apology-to-ezekwesili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/verbal-attack-group-asks-sen-nwebonyi-to-tender-public-apology-to-ezekwesili","title":{"rendered":"Verbal attack: Group asks Sen Nwebonyi to tender public apology to Ezekwesili"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A group, Igbo Community Association FCT, has called on the senator representing Ebonyi North, Onyekachi Nwebonyi, to publicly apologize to former minister of education, Dr Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, for verbally attacking her at the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The group said it will stage a protest against the senator if he failed to apologize.<\/p>\n<p>The demand was made in a statement by Igbo Community Association FCT President General, Engr Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe. The statement was made available to journalists on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: \u201cIt has to be embarrassing to watch the Senator in the person of Nwebonyi openly disparage a woman considered an Amazon by the wide majority of Nigerians and particularly, the Igbo speaking regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s even more revealing that the disparagement came during the hearing of Senator Natasha Uduaghan\u2019s sexual harassment allegation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt indeed shows the lacking respect the Senate has towards woman and womanhood. This is knowing that the upper chamber is made up of a majority of men.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSen Nwebonyi should be sanctioned and called what he is, an embarrassment to the red chamber and equally an embarrassment to the Igbo men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senator must apologize to Oby Ezekwesili and to the general Igbo nation. We Igbos in Abuja demand that he apologize publicly or face our wrath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOby Ezekwesili has served Nigeria well and impressively. She does not deserve such a foul treatment\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are calling on the Senate to sanction the Senator. We Igbos are prepared to stage a major protest against the I\u2019ll treatment of women by the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A group, Igbo Community Association FCT, has called on the senator representing Ebonyi North, Onyekachi Nwebonyi, to publicly apologize to former minister of education, Dr Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, for verbally attacking her at the National Assembly. The group said it will stage a protest against the senator if he failed to apologize. 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