The Bavaria police have identified four suspects involved in the assault on Senator Ike Ekweremadu by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra at an event organised by “Ndigbo Germany” in Nuremberg on Saturday August 17.
After the Nigerian embassy invoked section 102 (1), chapter 3, of the German criminal code, four attackers were brought into custody.
The code states: “(1)Whosoever commits an attack against the life or limb of a foreign head of state, member of a foreign government, the head of a foreign diplomatic mission who is accredited in the Federal territory while the victim is in Germany in his official capacity shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding five years or a fine, in especially serious cases to imprisonment of not less than one year. (2) In addition to a sentence of imprisonment of at least six months, the court may order the loss of the ability to hold public office to vote and be elected in public elections (section 45(2) and (5)).