Nigeria, Aug. 18 -- The Nigerian government has condemned the attack on former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Mr Ekweremadu was, on Saturday, ambushed by a mob who denied him entrance into a venue of the annual Igbo Cultural Festival held in Nuremberg, Germany.

Videos of the attack in circulation show how the mob physically attacked the lawmaker, tearing his clothes in the process.

Mt Ekweremadu has described the attackers as aggrieved IPOB members.

In a reaction, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement late Saturday said the incident is an embarrassment to the country.

"The incident is an embarrassment to the country.

"A...