BREAKING: UK Magistrate Court Denies Ekweremadu and His Wife Bail

BREAKING: UK Magistrate Court Denies Ekweremadu and His Wife Bail

  • Nigeria's former deputy senate president, and his wife, Beatrice have been remanded by Uxbridge Magistrate court in the UK
  • The couple were arrested and charged following allegation that they brought a child to the UK for organ harvesting
  • Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu both appear at Uxbridge Magistrate Court on charges relating to the conspiracy of human trafficking

Uxbridge Magistrate court has denied Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, and his wife, Beatrice, bail following their arrest.

Recall that the lawmaker was arrested and charged to court alongside his wife for bringing a child to the UK police over organ harvesting allegation.

UK Magistrate Court Denies Ekweremadu and His Wife Bail
Former deputy senate president, and his wife, Beatrice have been remanded by Uxbridge Magistrate court in the UK
Source: UGC

According to Arise TV, Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu both appear at Uxbridge Magistrate Court on charges relating to the conspiracy of human trafficking for organ harvesting.

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The case has been adjourned till July 7.

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Within the past few days, things have turned out terribly bad for Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president.

The recent against him affected his wife, Beatrice, as well as they were both arrested and charged to court for bringing a child to the UK for organ harvesting. The metropolitan police said the pair were charged to court following an investigation by the police’ specialist crime team.

The police added that the investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022.

BREAKING: Identity of child Ekweremadu took to UK for organ harvesting revealed

In another development, the identity of the child Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice took the United Kingdom for the purpose of organ harvesting has been revealed.

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Though the name and photo of the child was not revealed to the public, details about the victim has however been made known. According to the charge sheet, the victim is an homeless boy who was taken off the street of Lagos state.

Alleged victim is this case is homeless 15 year old boy who was brought to the U.K. by Mr and Mrs Ekweremadu off the streets of Lagos Nigeria.

Source: Legit.ng

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Aanu Adegun Aanu Adegun is a journalist with over 9 years of experience in both digital and traditional media. A graduate of English Studies from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo state. Aanu joined Legit.ng in 2016 covering politics and current affairs. Aanu started his journalism career as a features writer. He once anchored some specialised pages of a national newspaper. You can reach him via - aanu.adegun@corp.legit.ng