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LONDON: A Nigerian senator and his wife were remanded in custody in London on Thursday (June 23) on charges of plotting to take a 15-year-old boy to Britain for organ harvesting, the BBC and police said.
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, have both been charged with conspiring to arrange another person’s trip for the purpose of exploitation, namely organ harvesting, police said.
Ekweremadu is an opposition senator in southern Enugu state and a former Deputy Senate President.
Police said they were alerted to the alleged plan after reports were made of possible violations of modern slavery legislation. The affected child was taken to safety and work was being done to provide additional support.
The couple appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in London, where the court was told the child involved was a 15-year-old boy, the BBC reported.
Prosecutors told the court that the Attorney General’s approval was needed to proceed with the case over jurisdictional issues, the BBC added, and the couple were remanded in custody pending their next court appearance on July 7.
Neither Ekweremadu nor his wife could be reached for comment.
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