A FORMER Senate Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, will remain in the custody of the British government after the Oxbridge Magistrate Court today adjourned the hearing in the case of alleged human trafficking against them to July 7, 2022.
The couple, who had appeared for an appeal, was remanded in prison custody last week by the court after they were alleged to have conspired to traffic an underage person identified as David Ukpo into the UK for the purpose of tricking him into donating his kidney to the Senator’s daughter.
At the initial appearance, the prosecutor had told the court that the lawmaker brought a 15-year-old boy from Nigeria to the UK with the claim that he was to be given a better life but was actually to harvest his organ to treat their daughter who was suffering from kidney disease.
The court had denied the Ekweremadus bail but after further revelations including the Nigerian Immigration Service coming out to say the boy in question was 21 and not 15 as claimed, and the Nigerian Senate weighing in on the matter by resolving to send a delegation to meet with the Nigerian Consular in London, the couple opted for an appeal.
However, the appeal was not successful as the London court once again, denied them bail and again, ordered that they should remain in custody pending the July 7 date fixed for hearing.
