A former Nigeria’s deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, have arrived at Uxbridge Magistrate Court in continuation of their case bordering on alleged human trafficking and organ harvesting.
They reportedly arrived hours after the court began the day’s proceedings.
Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, had been formally charged with conspiracy to facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting, London’s Metropolitan Police had said in a statement.
They were taken into custody after an investigation by police, which had been alerted in May 2022 to potential offences under modern slavery legislation.
The Nigerian Senate, which Ekweremadu is still a member, said it would work with Nigeria’s High Commission in the UK to hire a lawyer for his defence.
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