JUST lN | Senator Ekweremadu, Wife Arrested in London

Nigeria’s immediate-past  Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, have been arrested and detained in London by the Metropolitan Police (MetPol).

They were detained by the Specialist Crime Team of the MetPol for alleged organ harvesting of a child they allegedly brought into London for the same purpose.

According to Sky News, the two suspects were arrested for alleged conspiracy to harvest the organs of a child.

But the child has been taken into protective custody.

The media organisation reported: “Two people have been charged with conspiring to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest organs, the Metropolitan Police said.

“Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, have been remanded in custody and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court today.”