By Amid the ongoing ordeal of a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, who are presently in detention in the United Kingdom, the Nigerian authorities have expressed readiness to hire lawyers to defend the embattled couple.
It would be recalled that the duo were arrested and charged by the London Metropolitan Police over alleged conspiracy to harvest the organs of a a child, who is now in protective custody.
The passport data page of the “organ donor” later identified as Ukpo Nwamini David, however, revealed that he was born on October 12, 2000, and not a child as alleged by the police.
On Wednesday, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan said the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom has engaged the services of lawyers to defend the Ekweremadus.
Lawan, who spoke after closed-door session of the upper legislative chamber, said its Committee on Foreign Affairs would depart Nigeria for London on July 1, 2022, to pay a visit to the embattled couple.
“The High Commission has done so much but we still expect that it will continue to provide any other further consular services,” he was quoted as saying in a statement by his spokesperson.
“We have also mandated our committee on foreign affairs to engage with the British high commission here in Nigeria, to find more details on this case, as as far as the high commission is involved.
“There will be a delegation to London to see Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife. A delegation from the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Senate will leave in the next two days to London for that purpose.”
The Senate President urged all relevant Federal Government institutions to intervene in the case to ensure justice.
