Social media has been raging since the news broke out that former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu were arrested and charged for alleged organ harvesting of a minor in the UK.
BREAKING: Two people have been charged with conspiring to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest organs, the Metropolitan Police said https://t.co/RboQzFgBqL
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 23, 2022
Even though the case has been adjourned to 7 July, with Senator Ekweremadu and his wife remanded in UK custody, Nigerians have been talking about it.
That the former deputy senate president might be involved in organ trafficking is shocking...
— Dr. Chinonso Egemba (@aproko_doctor) June 23, 2022
Who else is? What will push humans to such levels of wickedness.
The same Ike Ekweremadu?
Lmao people being proper shocked at that news of Ike Ekweremadu and his wife have too much faith in Nigerian politicians.
— Chief. (@BadmanSophss) June 23, 2022
Whatever they say a Nigerian politician did, he did that shit and if they investigate properly, so much more.
This exposition of organ harvesting and human trafficking allegations on Sen Ike Ekweremadu and his wife could possibly open the pandora box to the spate of kidnappings in the east.
— FS Yusuf (@FS_Yusuf_) June 23, 2022
Ike Ekweremadu and his wife have been charged with conspiring to bring child to UK to harvest organs, same clown was castigating Peter Obi yesterday, I love that he was caught in UK, he’ll face the law, not every place is as lawless as Nigeria.
— OTUNBA (@ManLikeIcey) June 23, 2022
Senator Ekweremadu is accused of trafficking a 15-year-old to the Uk, so that the minor's organ can be harvested and transplanted to the politician's daughter who suffers from kidney failure.
But some supporters of the Senator argue the supposed donor is 21.
A letter has also been circulated online showing that the former Deputy President of the Senate wrote to the British High Commission in Nigeria notifying it of the visa application of the donor.
There has been no official statement from the Ekweremadus, but the Senator's media aide, Uche Anichukwu, told Nigeria Info's National Assembly correspondent that he needs time to get the fact out.
In the meantime, some politicians back home have shown support for Senator Ekweremadu.
My family and I are with the Ekweremadu’s over their travail. We join all men of goodwill in praying for the healing of their daughter and commit them into God’s hand for justice to be done. -PO
— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) June 24, 2022
Sen. Ike Ekweremadu notified the British authorities on his trip with the said boy. I stand with Ike pic.twitter.com/w7xIvD5hmr
— Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@_dinomelaye) June 23, 2022
