US EditionUK rejects Nigeria’s request to transfer Ekweremadu
The UK Ministry of Justice cited concerns over justice and prison sentence continuity in Nigeria while Ekweremadu serves a 9-year, 8-month organ trafficking sentence.
- On Monday, the UK government rejected Nigeria's request to transfer Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President, who is serving nine years and eight months for conspiring to exploit a man for his kidney.
- Nigeria's diplomatic team, including Yusuf Maitama Tuggar and Lateef Fagbemi, traveled to the UK to press for Ekweremadu's transfer or review, as President Tinubu's government dispatched a delegation earlier this month.
- Court filings note co‑defendants including Dr Obinna Obeta, who, along with Ekweremadu and Beatrice Ekweremadu, were jailed for trafficking a young man to London with a view to harvesting his kidney for Sonia in an NHS private unit; Beatrice Ekweremadu was released earlier this year and returned to Nigeria.
- UK officials expressed concern that Nigeria's federal government could offer no guarantees Ekweremadu would remain imprisoned, and The Guardian reported UK authorities are yet to formally respond.
- A UK government spokesperson stressed that `any prisoner transfer is at our discretion following a careful assessment of whether it would be in the interests of justice`, and The Guardian quoted a source saying the UK `will not tolerate modern slavery`.
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UK rejects Nigeria’s request to transfer Ekweremadu
The United Kingdom has rejected a request from the Nigerian government to transfer former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu to Nigeria to complete his prison sentence. DAILY POST reports that Ekweremadu is serving time in a UK facility after he was found guilty in 2023 of plotting to harvest the kidney of a young man. He received a jail term of nine years and eight months following the conviction, which stemmed from a high-profile organ-tra…
UK Rejects FG's Request For Ekweremadu's Transfer To Nigeria - Report
The UK government has rejected a request to transfer Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President, to Nigeria to compete his jail sentence for organ trafficking. Ekweremadu is serving a sentence of nine years and eight months after being found guilty of conspiring to exploit a man for his kidney. Daily Trust had reported how the government of President Bola Tinubu dispatched a high-level delegation to the United Kingdom to engage British autho…
Nigeria’s Bid to Bring Ekweremadu Home Fails as UK Rejects Transfer Request
Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, 63, who is serving a nine-year and eight-month sentence for organ trafficking in the UK, will not be deported to Nigeria. According to The Guardian UK on Monday, the British Government rejected a request from Nigeria to transfer the jailed politician. Persecondnews recalls that Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were all convicted in 2023 of conspiring to exploit a young Nigerian m…
UK rejects Nigeria’s request to transfer Ekweremadu
Latest Nigerian News and Entertainment - Latest Nigerian News and Entertainment The United Kingdom has turned down the Federal Government’s request to allow former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to complete his prison sentence in Nigeria. According to a report by Vanguard, British authorities insisted that the jailed lawmaker must serve out his term in the UK, where he is currently imprisoned after his 2023 conviction […] The post UK r…
Why UK Rejected Nigeria’s Request To Transfer Former Politican Jailed For Organ Trafficking
The UK government has rejected a request by Nigeria to deport a former senior Nigerian politician convicted of organ trafficking.…The post Why UK Rejected Nigeria’s Request To Transfer Former Politican Jailed For Organ Trafficking appeared first on The Liberation News Nigeria.
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