Ike Ekweremadu
19 Feb
The ongoing conspiracy to facilitate and arrange travel with the aim of exploitation trial of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and three others, including his wife, Beatrice and Sonia, their daughter, will reach boiling point tomorrow, when their accuser takes his turn as the Crown Prosecution’s witness.
18 Feb
Jurors at the ongoing Old Bailey trial of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, daughter, Sonia and Dr. Obinna Obeta, yesterday, heard how David Nwamini, the alleged victim of trafficking, mentioned the Senator as the sponsor of his medical treatment...
12 Feb
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, daughter, Sonia and co-defendant, Dr. Obinna Obeta,’ , on Friday, relaxed in the dock in Courtroom Five, while Royal Free dialysis surgeon, Dr. David DuPont, was made to, sometimes, sweat as he was cross...
6 Feb
With every legal obstacle cleared, the last being Friday's dismissal of his daughter, Sonia's application to be excused from standing trial on the basis of being "medically unfit," the conspiracy to harvest organ seven-week trial of former deputy senate president, IKe Ekweremadu
4 Feb
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, sat motionless from his prison yesterday, as his daughter’s application to not stand trial with him and her mother for their “conspiracy to harvest organ” charges was thrown out by Justice Johnson at the Old Bailey.
31 Jan
Nigeria's former deputy senate president is due to go on trial in Britain on Tuesday along with family members for alleged organ harvesting.
30 Jan
The “conspiracy to facilitate harvesting organ” trial of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, begins at the Central Criminal Court, a.k.a., The Old Bailey on Tuesday.
23 Jan
The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, has described the continued detention of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, as pathetic. Justice Inyang Ekwo in the last Friday’s ruling in a matter of interim forfeiture order against Ekweremadu’s assets stated that no Nigerian citizen deserves to go through such a harrowing experience whether in Nigeria…
21 Jan
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday vacated an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties granted against former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu.
20 Jan
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, set aside the Nov. 4, 2022, interim forfeiture order on 40 landed property linked to Sen. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice.
21 Dec
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, will spend both the Christmas and New Year Day celebrations behind bars after his application for bail was refused at the Central Criminal Court a.k.a. Old Bailey yesterday. His application for "dismissal of charges" of conspiracy to facilitate organ harvesting of David Nwamini's kidney was also thrown out alongside…
20 Dec
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu’s bail application will be considered today, circuit judge at the Central Criminal Court, also known as Old Bailey, disclosed yesterday.
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