Ike Ekweremadu
27 Feb
The ongoing Old Bailey conspiracy trial of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice, his wife, their daughter, Sonia and Dr Obinna Obeta , enters the fourth week today.
24 Feb
The main prosecution witness at the ongoing Old Bailey trial of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and three others, including his wife, Beatrice and Sonia, their daughter, told the court on Thursday that he didn't know what a kidney was when he came over to the United Kingdom..
21 Feb
A Nigerian street trader, who accuses the country's former deputy senate president of trying to harvest his kidney in the UK, told a British court on Tuesday that he begged police officers to "save my life".
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…
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