A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed December 5 to deliver ruling in an application brought before it by the alleged organ harvest victim, David Ukpo seeking to stop the release of his bio-data to a London court, trying former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife over alleged organ harvest.
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo fixed the ruling date on Tuesday after taking arguments from Ekweremadu and Ukpo.
The Judge indicated that both parties can be recalled for an early date should the ruling be ready before the December 5 date.
Ukpo had through his counsel, Bamidele Igbinedion, prayed the court to set aside the July 1 order of the court which permitted the release of his personal information and bio-data to the Uxbridge Magistrate Court and the Central Criminal court of the United Kingdom without giving him fair hearing by the court.
He said the entire proceedings that led to the order of the court were made in his absence and added that the documents so released to the UK court are false.
Igbinedion told the court that since the bio-data information, bank mandate card and account opening package, application form for international passport and bank verification information are the subject matter of the originating motion filed by Ekweremadu and his wife, Ukpo ought to have been joined as a mandatory or necessary party.
He said the order made by the court was prejudicial to Ukpo, even as he said the Attorney General of the Federation has no power under the law to transmit personal and private data of a person to a foreign land.
He then urged the court to reverse its order permitting the release of his bio-data to Ekweremadu and his wife for their defense before Uxbridge Magistrate Court in London.
However, Ekweremadu, through his counsel, Eyitayo Fatogun (SAN), in his objection, asked the Court to dismiss Ukpo’s suit seeking to stop the release of his bio-data to the London Court.
He told the court that Ukpo has no basis to entertain any fear in the release of his visa application information and his bank account opening package, except if he had lied on his real age.
In the counter affidavit deposed to by Bright Ekweremadu, immediate younger brother of the detained senator in London, Ekweremadu denied the allegations that he demanded for Ukpo’s bio-data and averred that what the Federal High Court ordered to be released to the London court was Ukpo’s bank account opening package and the information supplied in his visa application request.
The senior lawyer said, based on the July 1, 2022 order of the court, the required documents have since been transmitted to two different courts in the United Kingdom.
The senator averred that it is too late in the day for Ukpo to seek reversal of a valid order that had been executed to determine his real age only and prayed the court to dismiss the suit for being frivolous, abuse of court and lacking in merit having been overtaken by event.
