Beatrice, the wife of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu was granted bail by a London court over a month after she was arrested by the UK police on charges of human trafficking and organ harvesting.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that the Ekweremadus were arrested and tried in the UK on charges of organ harvesting after a 21-year-old man, David Ukpo, they took to the UK approached the police with claims of being treated as a slave and also claiming that he was “15” year-old.
The Ekweremadus remained behind bars since then and were not granted bail after appearing in court on July 7. The matter was postponed until August for further hearing before today’s decision to free Mrs Ekweremadu while Mr Ekweremadu would remain in custody.
The Common Serjeant of London, Richard Marks, in his ruling on Monday evening said, “The position is that I have granted bail to Beatrice subject to some fairly stringent conditions but I have refused bail to Ike,”
The court did not immediately say the stringent terms set for Mrs Ekweremadu or when Mr Ekweremadu would be released before adjourning the matter till August 4.
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