Ike Ekweremadu
Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide met with the British government yesterday, Tuesday, to appeal for a lesser punishment for convicted former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The socio-cultural group made the appeal when the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo received the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomery at the National Secretariat of Ohanaeze Ndigbo […]
Reports say Matthew Page, an expert at the United States state department’s bureau of intelligence and research, had warned the United Kingdom’s national crime agency (NCA), of the activities of Ike Ekweremadu, former senate president, ahead of his organ trafficking case. According to a report by UK Guardian, the associate fellow at the […]
Ike Ekweremadu former deputy senate president, his wife Beatrice and Doctor Obinna Obeta have been sentenced by a UK court to prison for their involvement in the organ harvesting charges brought against them. Ekweremadu was sentenced to ten years in prison while his wife received a six years sentence. The Old Bailey found […]
Today the fate of Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice alongside doctor Obinna Obeta awaits the pronouncement of sentence by the UK court. However with high hope the people of the Mpu community where the Senator hails from held a prayer vigil till dawn on Thursday to pray […]
A court in the United Kingdom has found Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, guilty of organ trafficking. The couple were found guilty alongside a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta. They were convicted after a six-week trial at Old Bailey for facilitating the travel of a young man to the United Kingdom […]
The national working committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted its presidential campaign organization. Umar Bature, PDP national organizing secretary, announced the development in a document released late Thursday night. Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom, was named as the chairman of the campaign council; while Aminu Tambuwal, governor of […]
Beatrice, wife of Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, has been reportedly granted bail amid a trial over alleged organ harvesting. Ekweremadu, senator representing Enugu west district, and his wife are currently standing trial over allegations bordering on organ harvesting. According to a report by Daily Mail on Monday, Beatrice was granted bail when […]
The trial of Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, has been adjourned till August 4, 2022. The couple was arraigned at Westminster Magistrate’s Court over alleged organ harvesting on Thursday. Gavin Irwin was the counsel who represented Ekweremadu, while Szilvia Booker represented the wife. A high-powered Nigerian delegation was in court for the trial […]
Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka, have been charged with conspiring to arrange to bring a child to the UK to harvest organs, the Uk Metropolitan Police said. Ekweremadu and his wife, according to reports have been remanded in custody and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court later today. While the child […]
The Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has withdrawn from the Enugu State governorship race. In a statement made on Wednesday Ekweremadu said he would not participate in today’s governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State. Ekweremadu is currently representing Enugu West Senatorial District […]
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