Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has again been remanded in Police custody over his ongoing organ trafficking case in the UK.
Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice are facing charges bordering on conspiracy to arrange/facilitate the travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting.
However, a third individual Obinna Obeta, who is a practising medical doctor in London, appeared alongside the duo.
The trial has been scheduled to continue on October 31 in which the ex-Deputy Senate President, his wife, and Obeta would appear in court.
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.
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.
