{"id":58440,"date":"2022-06-23T22:16:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T22:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=58440"},"modified":"2022-06-23T22:16:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T22:16:33","slug":"how-ekweremadu-wife-got-arrested-tring-to-save-daughters-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=58440","title":{"rendered":"How Ekweremadu, wife got arrested trying to save daughter’s life"},"content":{"rendered":"

A clearer picture is beginning to emerge as to how former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, got enmeshed in a scandalous case that will keep him and wife, Beatrice, in detention until July 7, 2022 when their bail application will be heard in a London court.<\/p>\n

Their arrest and charge to court, it appears, was a case of doting parents seeking medical help for their ailing daughter, who needed kidney transplant.<\/p>\n

A letter dated December 28, 2021, by Ekweremadu and addressed to the Visa Section of the British High Commission in Abuja showed that he actually applied for a visa for a young man to be a kidney donor to his daughter.<\/p>\n

But when the young man’s kidney did not match, and wanting to remain in the UK, allegedly weaved a story to the Police that he was trafficked into the UK for an organ harvest.<\/p>\n

The man and alleged victim, Mr Ukpo Nwamini David, according to Ekweremadu’s letter was billed to donate a kidney to Ms Sonia, his daughter, who is down with kidney failure and needed a kidney transplant to stay alive.<\/p>\n

It was learnt that the process had been concluded with the young man’s consent.<\/p>\n

Reports said that David, who is now claiming to the London Metropolitan Police to be 15 years old raised the accusation of been trafficked to push through a request for asylum.<\/p>\n

The Police, based on the allegation arrested Ekweremadu and his wife and arraigned them.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on another platform, one Ikem Okuhu on Facebook claimed he was volunteering some facts on the Ekweremadu matter.<\/p>\n

He said Ike Ekweremadu wasn\u2019t involved in any organ trafficking.<\/p>\n

According to Okuhu, \u201cHe (Ike) has a daughter who needs a kidney transplant and a willing donor was seen in Nigeria and travel preparations were made.<\/p>\n

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Front row: Ekweremadu, Sonia (daughter), Beatrice (wife) and family members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIke Ekweremadu did write to the British High Commission, explaining the situation and the donor travelled to the UK with the patient.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe donor is a 21 year old man and not a girl as many are writing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is not a minor and as it happened, the organ did not even match….<\/p>\n

\u201cNot wanting to return to Nigeria, the donor went to report that he was trafficked to London for possible organ harvest, believing the same would guarantee him asylum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okuhu\u2019s position bore out with Ekweremadu’s letter to the British High Commission, last year.<\/p>\n

The letter reads in part; \u201cI am writing in support of the visa application made by Mr. Ukpo Nwanini David who is currently having medical investigation for a kidney donation to Ms Sonia Ekweremadu.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid and Sonia will be at the Royal Free Hospital London and I will be providing the necessary funding. I have enclosed a statement of my account.\u201d<\/p>\n

Below is a copy of the letter:<\/p>\n

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Recall that earlier on Thursday, Ike and Beatrice were denied bail by a court siting in Uxbridge, London.<\/p>\n

British SkyNews reported earlier: \u201cTwo people have been charged with conspiring to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest organs, the Metropolitan Police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, have been remanded in custody and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates\u2019 Court today.<\/p>\n

\u201cCharges were brought against the pair, who are from Nigeria, following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police\u2019s Specialist Crime team.<\/p>\n

\u201cA child has now been safeguarded.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022,” the force said.<\/p>\n

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A clearer picture is beginning to emerge as to how former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, got enmeshed in a scandalous case that will keep him and wife, Beatrice, in detention until July 7, 2022 when their bail application will be heard in a London court. Their arrest and charge to court, it appears, was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1881,295,4864],"class_list":["post-58440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-david","tag-ekweremadu","tag-sonia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}