The Federal Government may have hired some lawyers to defend the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, through the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom against accusations of organ harvesting.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan said this after a closed-door session of the Senate, on Wednesday.
The Senate President also said that a delegation from the Senate would travel to London to meet with Ekweremadu and his wife by Friday at the latest.
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Last week, Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice were detained and charged at London’s Oxbridge Magistrates Court. The former Deputy Senate President and his wife will remain in custody until the next adjournment date of July 7, 2022, the court decided.
According to Sen. Lawan, the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, which is headed by Sen. Adamu Bulkachuwa, will conduct the fact-finding mission.
He claimed that during the closed session, the lawmakers were informed of Ekweremadu’s struggles and the part that Amb. Sarafadeen Ishola, the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, had been playing in ensuring that the Ekweremadus receive all necessary support.
He praised the High Commissioner and his staff for their efforts in giving Ekweremadu the necessary consular support. The High Commission has been offering all consular services, according to Lawan, including hiring attorneys to represent Ekweremadu. According to him, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been involved and is currently offering Ekweremadu diplomatic support.
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He gave his family the reassurance that the Senate would work to secure all the assistance that Ekweremadu and his wife would require to meet their current challenge.
There is a limit to what we can say on the subject because the matter is already in court, he explained. We reassure his family that we will continue to support him in any way we can.
