Ike Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice who is facing charges of allegedly conspiring to “harvest the organs of a minor” with him in the United Kingdom, has been denied access to her husband who is Nigeria’s immediate past Deputy Senate President.
Channels Television reported that their trial is being fast-tracked even though it was adjourned till July 7, 2022.
Two sons of Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President, were at Uxbridge magistrate’s court in the United Kingdom when their father reappeared on Thursday, June 30.
It was also learnt that when the lawmaker’s wife reportedly asked the court to allow her to appear by her husband’s side because she had not seen him since the hearing last Thursday, the request was declined by the UK court.
The former Senate President appeared before the Uxbridge Magistrate court in the United Kingdom UK today June 30 over organ harvesting charges.
At the hearing today, the prosecutor told the court that David Ukpo, who alleged that he was coerced to donate his kidney to the Senator’s daughter, is 15 years.
The case has 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 Nigerian Senate had on June 29 said it will be sending a delegation to visit Ekweremadu and his wife.
