The Central Criminal Court in Old Bailey, United Kingdom reportedly stated that the plea and trial hearing of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife over organ trafficking will not be held.
Recall that on July 23, 2022, Ekweremadu and his wife were being charged with Dr Obinna Obeta on allegations that they wanted to procure an organ for their daughter, Sonia, from one David Nwamini.
The allegation is said to have led to the detention of Ekweremadu in a UK prison.
In a report published by Guardian Nigeria, the court stated that it will not sit due to the unavailability of Sonia, due to her case which was complicated.
The report added that the court official “didn’t categorically say whether the Ekweremadus’s sickly graduate daughter, Sonia, is now a defendant in the case,” for which her parents were arrested. The Old Bailey official said they won’t have to wait long-the “case will be re-listed for sometime during the week.”
The court official explained that Sonia wasn’t in the hearing on the scheduled date, October 31, 2022, even though she and her co-defendant were at the August 4th hearing. “The judge won’t be hearing this case because ‘there’s no counsel for Sonia.'”
