The United Kingdom government has reportedly rejected the Tinubu administration’s request to transfer former Deputy Senate President Senator Ike Ekweremadu to Nigeria.”
A young boy was trafficked to London by Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and co-conspirator Dr. Obinna Obeta, who planned to harvest his kidney for a transplant to Ekweremadu’s daughter, Sonia, at a private NHS hospital unit.
A source at the UK Ministry of Justice told The Guardian that the request to transfer Ekweremadu to Nigeria was rejected over concerns about how the federal government might handle the case.
The United Kingdom has rejected Nigeria’s request to transfer former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu. The Guardian (UK) quoted a source saying, “The UK will not tolerate modern slavery and any offender will face the full force of UK law.”
A government spokesperson added that “any prisoner transfer is at our discretion following a careful assessment of whether it would be in the interests of justice.”