US EditionNigeria: Govt Pushes for Ekweremadu's Transfer to Nigeria
President Tinubu's delegation is negotiating with UK authorities on humanitarian and legal grounds to seek a prisoner transfer or early release for Ekweremadu, sentenced to over nine years.
- On Monday, President Bola Tinubu sent a high-level Nigerian delegation to the United Kingdom to meet UK Ministry of Justice officials about former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu's case.
- Ekweremadu was convicted in the UK for conspiring to arrange the travel of the young Nigerian man who was exploited for a kidney transplant, involving Beatrice Ekweremadu and Obinna Obeta, medical doctor.
- Among those on the trip were Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, Attorney General and Minister of Justice; the delegation was received at the Nigerian High Commission in London by Ambassador Mohammed Maidugu, Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
- Nigerian officials said consultations are ongoing on prisoner-transfer arrangements, compassionate parole, or other relief under UK law, with efforts also pursuing a prisoner exchange for Ekweremadu.
- Beatrice Ekweremadu was released and returned to Nigeria while Ike Ekweremadu remains in custody in Britain, with credible diplomatic sources saying this meeting supports President Bola Tinubu's sustained efforts for his early release or sentence review.
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Tinubu sends delegation to UK, seeks Ekweremadu’s transfer to Nigeria
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President Bola Tinubu has dispatched a high-level delegation to London to engage British authorities on the possible transfer of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to Nigeria to serve the remainder of his prison sentence. The delegation, which includes the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, arrived in the UK on Monday and held discussions wit…
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