Alleged Organ Harvesting: Ekweremadu, wife sue NIMC, NIS, banks, others
Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age
Others mentioned in the suit are the Comptroller General (C-G), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc as 2nd to 5th respondents respectively
Ekweremadu and his wife were on Tuesday, June 23, arrested by UK police for conspiracy to facilitate the travel of Ukpo, an alleged minor for organ harvesting. They were subsequently remanded in custody till July 7
In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022 and filed on June 27 by Adegboyega Awomolo, the couple’s counsel, before Inyang Ekwo, justice of a federal high court in Abuja, the Ekweremadus prayed the court for an order directing the NIMC to supply them with the certified true copy (CTC) of Ukpo’s biodata.
