By Tosin Olatokunbo
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, PhD, and his wife, Nwanneka, PhD. have appeared before a London Court charged with criminal offences.
Ekweremadu, 60, and wife, 55, a reliable source told this medium, have been in custody for a couple of days before the news of their arrest broke in Nigeria Thursday morning.
They were arrested by the Metropolitan Police at the Heathrow Airport on arrival.
They appeared at the Uxbridge Magistrate Court Thursday morning.
The Metropolitan Police said they were charged to Court on the allegation that they conspired to arrange to bring a child, who is now in the safe custody of the Police, from Nigeria, for organ harvesting.
Neither the child’s name nor gender has been made public. Not known, also, is when the duo committed the offence, but the investigation began in May, 2022, under Modern Slavery Legislation.
In recent times, a number of Nigerians have been accused of conspiring to arrange a trip for innocent and vulnerable Nigerians abroad, especially to Asian countries and Libya for organ harvesting or Slavery.
A number of such people had, in the past, been brought back by the Nigerian Government on being alerted.
However, the arrest of Ekweremadu and his wife on such allegation has shocked not a few Nigerians, especially, his colleagues in the Senate political associates and family, given their status in the society.
Ekweremadu was Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President between 2007 and 2015.
He recently aspired to the office of the Governor of Enugu State, but withdrew when he knew the stacks were against him. He tried to seek refuge in the All Progressives Congress, APC, but was spurned by the Chairman of the State Chapter.
He went back to the PDP, and pledged his loyalty and support to the Governorship candidate. Mr Mba.
He, also, sought to get back the Senatorial ticket but failed.
