Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu have arrived in the courtroom of
the Westminster magistrate court for their trial.
Their arrival in the courtroom comes two hours after the
proceeding was scheduled to commence.
The former deputy senate president and his wife are facing
charges bordering on conspiracy to arrange/facilitate the travel of another
person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting.
Spotted at the UK court on Thursday is Adamu Bulkachuwa,
chairman of the senate committee on foreign affairs.
David Mark, former president of the senate; Chukwuemeka
Nwajiuba, former minister of state for education, and a delegation from the
Nigeria high commission, are all present in court.
The former deputy senate president and his wife were
recently arrested for allegedly bringing a child to the UK for organ
harvesting.
They were subsequently remanded in custody.
According to a letter, Ekweremadu had written to the UK high
commission to support the visa application of a “kidney donor” for his daughter
Sonia.
Although the UK police said the donor was 15, David Nwamini
Ukpo — as the alleged donor was later identified — was listed as 21 years old
on his international passport and the Bank Verification Number (BVN) portal.
A court has since ordered the Nigerian authorities to
release the biodata of the said organ donor.
The biodata will form part of Ekweremadu’s defence at the
Westminster magistrate court in the UK.
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