Senator Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy President, and his wife,
Beatrice on Thursday appeared before the Uxbridge Magistrate Court in the
United Kingdom over organ harvesting charges.
Recall that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were recently
arrested by the Specialist Crime Team of the Metropolitan Police in London for
alleged conspiracy to harvest the organ of a child.
The duo had been in custody since their arrest and
subsequent charge to a London court, a situation which had elicited mixed
reactions from Nigerians.
The prosecutor had claimed that David Ukpo, who alleged that
he was coerced to donate his kidney to the Senator’s daughter, is 15 years old.
According to Channels Tv, the case has now been adjourned to
July 7 at Westminster Magistrate Court to enable the UK Attorney General,
Suella Braverman, to determine whether the case will be tried in the country or
Nigeria.
The Senate delegation will on Friday visit the former Deputy
President of the Senate, in London.
President of Senate Ahmad Lawan assured that the Senate
would continue to engage with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nigeria
High Commissioner in London on the issue to ensure that the senator was given
all necessary support.
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