ABUJA, Nigeria – Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s organ harvest case in the UK has taken a new turn as the Human Rights Writers Association, HURIWA, has accused the UK Metropolitan Police of instigating a letter to scuttle the Senator’s bail applications in the UK.
HURIWA says the letter was instigated by the UK police using Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which approached Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court and it was affirmed.
HURIWA argues that despite the Federal Government offering to serve as a sovereign guarantor for Ekweremadu’s bail, the UK government put him through trial without bail in a “clearly bailable offence”.
According to HURIWA, “Nigeria citizens have been treacherously treated by the former colonial masters. This is the same country that denied a serving Nigerian Senator, three-term Deputy Senate President, and former Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament bail in a clearly bailable offence even after the FG submitted a letter to stand as a sovereign guarantor”.
HURIWA further submitted that no indicted officers of any foreign countries should be bigger than the Nigerian courts and government.
The group is calling on the Nigerian government to strictly implement Nigeria’s immigration laws and put any foreigner on trial if found breaching the law.
In a January post, former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, revealed that another kidney transplant for Ekweremadu’s daughter, Sonia, scheduled for December 2023 was scuttled by the British system, which must put her through trial, not minding that she undergoes dialysis four times a week.
