Joe Igbokwe, a prominent figure within the All Progressives Congress (APC), has criticized Lloyd Ekweremadu, the eldest son of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, for organizing an extravagant wedding ceremony.
Igbokwe expressed his disapproval of the lavish event that took place on Saturday, where Lloyd, also recognized as Ike Ekweremadu Jnr, and his partner Tiffany, exchanged their marriage vows at the Basilica of Grace Anglican Church in Gudu, Abuja.
Ekweremadu and wife Beatrice were not at the wedding ceremony as they are serving jail terms in the United Kingdom. They were jailed in May for conspiring to traffic a market trader to the UK to harvest his kidney.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Igbokwe said if he were Ekweremadu’s son he would have gone for a low-key wedding considering his parents are in prison.
“If I were to be Ekweremadu’s son I would not have staged this elaborate wedding ceremony with my father and mother in prison. I would have done a low key marriage ceremony and wait till my parents are free. This generation scares me stiff,” he wrote.
Lloyd is serving as a commissioner in the cabinet of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. His wife’s parents are Mr and Mrs Obinna Uzor from Ebonyi.
Dignitaries present at the wedding were Peter Obi, former Senate Presidents Anyim Pius, Bukola Saraki and David Mark; Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru, PDP governorship candidate in Kogi, Dino Melaye; Senators Dave Umahi, Obinna Ogba, Rafiu Ibrahim, Isa Misau, Philips Aduda, Uche Ekwunife, and Bidoun Olujimi among others.
