The Central Criminal Court in the UK has adjourned the alleged
organ harvesting case involving Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy president of the
senate.
The judge handling the case is going to hear pretrial
applications on October 31, but the trial will commence fully on May 2, 2023.
The former deputy senate president and Beatrice, his wife,
are facing charges bordering on conspiracy to arrange/facilitate the travel of
another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting.
The couple were arrested by London Metropolitan Police in
June and appeared before a magistrate court in July.
Ekweremadu’s wife was granted bail on July 22.
At the court on Thursday, the senator representing Enugu
west asked that a new lawyer represent him.
The police had alleged that David Ukpo, the reported victim
at the centre of the organ harvesting allegation, is a 15-year-old but the
court ruled that he is 21.
NigerianEye had reported that the former senator wrote to
the UK high commission in December 2021 to support a visa application for Ukpo.
In the letter, Ekweremadu said Ukpo was undergoing medical
investigations for a kidney donation to Sonia Ekweremadu, his daughter, who is
in need of a kidney transplant.
He said both Ukpo and Sonia will be at the Royal Free
Hospital London.
Ekweremadu’s appearance in the UK court is the third time
since his arrest.
The politician is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP).
He served three terms as Nigeria’s deputy senate president
from 2007 to 2019 and has been a senator since 2003.
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