Reason Nigerian Senator Ekweremadu, Wife Wanted To Harvest Child’s Kidney[PHOTOS OF COURT PROCEEDINGS]

In a different news, Charity Reporters has gathered that the reason Ekweremadu and his wife took a child to the UK with convinction to give him a better life was to harvest his organs to save their ailing daughter who has been on the wait for treatment in a UK hospital, sources exposed.

Ekweremadu and his wife were alleged to have provided false information about the kidney donor’s age so as to remove the liability of consent, which in most countries, is 18 years.

Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, arraigned over a plot to harvest the kidney of a 15-year-old boy.

Ekweremadu and his wife have since been arraigned in a British Crown Court, according to reporting by Arise TV correspondent in the UK.

The prosecution alleged that the lawmaker and his wife brought a 15-year-old boy under the false pretext of giving him a good life in the UK, only to organise the harvest of the lad’s kidney, which was thwarted.

According to the prosecution, the potential beneficiary of the kidney was Ekweremadu’s daughter, an 18-year-old, whose details were not disclosed, except that she has been undergoing dialysis and is critically in need of a kidney

Ekweremadu and his wife were alleged to have provided false information about the donor’s age so as to remove the liability of consent, which in most countries, is 18 years.

Ekweremadu, Wife Denied Bail By London Court Over Child Organs Harvest[DETAILS]

Not much is known about the boy, and the prosecution did not also reveal whether the parents of the boy were in the plan and consented to the plot to remove his kidney. But the drift of the case may require the UK to collaborate with the Nigerian government to establish a case of trafficking since it is one of the charges levelled against Ekweremadu.

Charity Reporters had reported thus;

Former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu have just been denied bail by Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in London

Ike Ekweremadu and his wife will remain in custody till 7th July

Former deputy Senate President and former Governorship aspirant, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Nwanneka Beatrice, have been charged with conspiring to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest organs, the Metropolitan Police said.

Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, have been remanded in custody and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court today.

Charges were brought against the couple following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime team.

A child has now been safeguarded.

Sky News earlier reported that the investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022, the force said.