Tag: Ike Ekweremadu
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Reps asks UK for leniency for Ekweremadu
The House of Representatives has appealed for leniency from the UK government over the sentencing of former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu for organ harvesting.
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Obasanjo writes London court, seeks leniency for Ekweremadu
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written to the Chief Clerk of the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey in London, United Kingdom (UK) for the court to temper justice with mercy in the organ harvesting case involving former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.
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ORGAN HARVEST: Ekweremadu’s wife in tears during cross-examination
The wife of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice, sobbed almost uncontrollably on the witness stand at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, as she was cross-examined in the ongoing conspiracy to facilitate and arrange travel for the aim of exploitation trial involving the couple, Sonia, their daughter and Dr Obinna Obeta. Led in cross-examination by the Crown’s…
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Ekweremadu tells London court why he sought kidney donor outside his family
Ike Ekweremadu, a former Deputy President of the Senate, has told a court in London why he sought a kidney donor outside his family, saying that he was advised by his doctor against seeking a kidney donor from among his family members. Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, are currently facing charges in the United Kingdom…
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Human Trafficking: After 223-day detention, Ekweremadu to appear in court Tuesday
After 223-day detention, the former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, will on Tuesday appear again in court in the United Kingdom where he has been accused of human trafficking. The lawmaker was in June 2022 arrested at Heathrow Airport in London after Staines Police Station received a report from a young man…
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Ike Ekweremadu: Court strikes out forfeiture order filed by EFCC
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has stroked out an interim order of forfeiture filed by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, (EFCC), on properties belonging to the former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu. Justice Inyang Ekwo, presiding on the case on Friday, stated that EFCC concealed facts when it applied for an interim…
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Organ harvesting: Ekweremadu’s daughter, Sonia pleads not guilty
Sonia Ekweremadu, the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has denied trafficking a homeless man into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney. The 25-year-woman (Sonia), is charged alongside her father Ekweremadu, 60, her mother, Beatrice, 56, and Doctor Obinna Obeta, 50. Ike, Beatrice and Obeta denied conspiracy to arrange the travel of another person with…
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BREAKING: London court again denies Ekweremadu bail
The Central Criminal Court, also known as Old Bailey, in London has again refused to grant the bail application of former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu.
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Ekweremadu absent, Wife, Daughter present as court shifts case again
The provisional trial of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who is in prison custody in the United Kingdom (UK) has been rescheduled from May 2023 to January 31, 2023.
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Why EFCC is seeking forfeiture of Ekweremadu’s properties
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday secured the nod of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to publish an order of interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to a former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu.