Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has disclosed that the
Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom has engaged the services of
lawyers to defend the senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Ike
Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice.
Lawan made this known on Wednesday while giving details
about the outcome of a closed session held by the upper chamber before the
start of plenary proceedings.
The closed-door session which started at about 10:57 a.m
ended at 11:49 a.m.
Recall that Ekweremadu, alongside his wife, was arrested by
the UK Metropolitan Police last Tuesday for conspiracy to harvest the organs of
a minor.
Ekweremadu and his wife allegedly facilitated David’s entry
into the UK to transplant his kidney into their daughter, Sonia, who is
suffering from kidney failure.
The couple was arraigned at the Uxbridge Magistrate Court in
London on charges of conspiracy and organ harvest on Thursday.
But speaking on Wednesday, Lawan said a delegation from its
Committee on Foreign Affairs would depart Nigeria for London on July 1, 2022,
to pay a visit to the embattled couple presently in detention over an
allegation of organ harvesting.
This was contained in a statement by the Special Assistant
(Press) to Lawan, Dr. Ezrel Tabiowo, titled, ‘Senate delegation to visit
Ekweremadu, wife in London’.
According to Lawan, the decision to wade into Ekweremadu’s
arrest and detention was against the backdrop of a briefing received by the
Nigerian High Commissioner to London.
He further disclosed that the Senate would engage the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nigerian High Commission in London on the
recent arrest of Senator Ike Ekweremadu by the London Metropolitan Police in
the United Kingdom.
He said, “I had a personal engagement with our Nigerian High
Commissioner to Britain, Alhaji Isola Sarafa, who has done so well to establish
contact with our colleague, who has been able to get his team to be in the
court at Uxbridge where Ekweremadu was taken to.
“The high Commission has also been able to provide some
consular services that include the engagement of some lawyers who will defend
our colleague.
“We commend them for giving attention to the issue at stake.
Equally, the Nigeria Foreign Affairs Minister has been engaged here, so that
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes steps to provide diplomatic support for
our colleague.
“Because this issue is already in court, we have limited
opportunity to discuss beyond what we have done so far.
“But I want to ensure the family of our colleague, Senator
Ike Ekweremadu and Nigerians, that the Senate will continue to engage with our
ministry of foreign affairs as well as our high commission in London.
“The High Commission has done so much but we still expect
that it will continue to provide any other further consular services.
“We have also mandated our committee on foreign affairs to
engage with the British high commission here in Nigeria, to find more details
on this case, as as far as the high commission is involved.
“There will be a delegation to London to see Senator Ike
Ekweremadu and his wife. A delegation from the Senate Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the Senate will leave in the next two days to London for that
purpose.
“I want to urge all federal government institutions that can
do anything to ensure that justice prevails in this case, that they do so.”
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