Nigeria: Once more, London Courtroom Denies Ekweremadu Bail

The courtroom additional argued the flight threat particularly as a result of Mr Ekweremadu is a passport holder of two different international locations apart from Nigeria and will flee to both of those international locations.

The Central Felony Courtroom in London has once more denied Nigerian lawmaker Ike Ekweremadu bail, insisting he’s a flight threat.

On the pre-trial listening to on Tuesday, the courtroom, often known as Previous Baileys, in line with PUNCH newspaper, cited the letter and property forfeiture proceedings towards the senator by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee.

Mr Ekweremadu’s lawyer within the bail utility argued that the Nigerian Excessive Commissioner to the UK and the Nigeria’s Lawyer-Basic had written to the courtroom saying the previous deputy senate president will not be a flight threat.

His attorneys additionally advised the courtroom that they might produce him ought to he pose a flight threat and that the Nigeria Excessive Fee within the UK had equally given the choice of tagging Mr Ekweremadu electronically to watch his motion.

The courtroom nonetheless dominated he was a flight threat particularly as a result of Mr Ekweremadu, a former deputy president of Nigeria’s Senate, is a passport holder of two different international locations apart from Nigeria and will flee to both of those international locations.

In keeping with Mr Ekweremadu’s lawyer, his shopper who has now spent six months in custody, is a caring and accountable father and couldn’t escape from London, abandoning his spouse and sick daughter.

The protection advised the courtroom that that they had sureties and securities of practically half one million kilos sterling from 11 folks to safe Mr Ekweremadu’s launch on bail.

“I’m solely happy there stays a flight threat … the trial is simply over a month away,” PUNCH quoted the decide as saying.

The listening to of Mr Ekweremadu’s case will begin on 31 January, 2023.

The Genesis

PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported how the police arrested and charged the couple with conspiracy to reap the organs of a ‘boy’ delivered to London by them.

In keeping with the prosecutors, the couple has a daughter who has a kidney-related illness and has been on dialysis for fairly a while. They added that they consider the plan was to make use of an organ from the boy on their daughter who seems to wish a kidney transplant.

A UK courtroom later ruled that the boy in question, David Nwamni, is not a minor.

The courtroom in July granted bail to Mrs Ekweremadu on stringent situations however denied bail to her husband, Mr Ekweremadu.

Obinna Obeta, a Nigerian physician practising within the UK, can also be being charged with plotting with the Ekweremadus to visitors a person into the UK to reap a kidney for his or her daughter.