{"id":96575,"date":"2022-06-30T14:12:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T13:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96575"},"modified":"2022-06-30T14:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T13:12:51","slug":"breaking-ekweremadus-case-brought-forward-senator-wife-appear-in-court-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-ekweremadus-case-brought-forward-senator-wife-appear-in-court-today\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Ekweremadu\u2019s case brought forward, senator, wife appear in court today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">A new twist emerged in the case involving former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, as their case which was earlier adjouned for July 7, is being brought forward today at Uxbridge Magistrate court in the UK, Pointblanknews.com learned.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicated that Ekweremadu had arrived Uxbridge Magistrate court. The law maker and his wife have been entangled in organ harvesting saga involving an alleged prospective donor David Nwanmini Ukpo, for their ailing daughter, Sonia. The relationship later went awry, leading to the arrest and detention of Ekweremadu and his wife.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Uxbridge Magistrate Court had denied bail to the Senator and his wife concerning their involvement in alleged human trafficking and organ harvesting.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest was announced by Specialist Crime Team of the Metropolitan Police in London, with officials saying the couple would be charged promptly before a court.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIn announcing their arrest, the Metropolitan Police said; \u201cTwo people have been charged with conspiring to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest organs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\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<p>\u201cCharges were brought against the pair, who are from Nigeria, following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police\u2019s Specialist Crime team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA child has now been safeguarded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022, the force said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The case was subsequently adjourned until July 7.<\/p>\n<p>They were remanded in the custody of the Police.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Details later&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new twist emerged in the case involving former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, as their case which was earlier adjouned for July 7, is being&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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