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Ike Ekweremadu, Wife, Remain In Custody Even After UK Court Accepted Kidney Donor Not Underage

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Information available to The Street Reporters Newspaper, indicstates that the Westminster Magistrates Court, United Kingdom (UK), on Thursday accepted that the kidney donor in the case of former Deputy President of the Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, is not a minor as earlier reported.

Ekweremadu and his wife were arrested by the British Metropolitan Police on June 23 on allegations of human trafficking and organ harvesting that violate the country’s Modern Slavery Act.

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The police authorities had accused the lawmaker of conspiring to bring a child to the United Kingdom for organ harvesting, saying the victim was a 15-year-old boy.

During the continuation of the case, the prosecution accepted that he is 21 years old, contrary to earlier claims that he is 15 years old.

Ekweremadu and his wife arrived at West Minister Magistrates Court for the continuation of their trial but after the prosecution accepted that the donor is 21 years old, the court fixed August 4, 2022 as the date for the next hearing while the lawmaker and his wife remained in custody.

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The Federal High Court Abuja had on Wednesday ordered the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to transmit the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the biodata information of an alleged Minor to the Attorney General of the Federation for onward transmission to the UK to aid Ekweremadu’s trial.

The lawmaker’s lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, on July 27 urged Justice Inyang Ekwo to order the release of certain official documents of Ukpo domiciled with NIMC, Nigerian Immigration Service, and Stanbic-IBTC Bank for the purpose of effectively defending Ekweremadu in the UK.

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