Organ Harvesting: London Court Grants Ekweremadu’s Wife Bail, Hubby Still Held

Beatrice, wife of Nigeria’s former deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, was Monday evening granted bail by a London Court, Daily Mail has reported.

Beatrice and her husband have been in prison custody for almost five weeks over their alleged involment in organ harvesting deal.

Beatrice was granted bail by a the Common Sergeant of London after being held for that long by the UK police on charges of human trafficking and organ harvesting.

She was charged with arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation, between August 1 last year and May 5, under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, while her husband was charged with conspiracy to arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting.

The matter was postponed until August 4 for further hearing before today’s decision to free Mrs Ekweremadu while Mr Ekweremadu would remain in custody.

“The position is that I have granted bail to Beatrice subject to some fairly stringent conditions but I have refused bail to Ike,” the Common Sergeant of London, Richard Marks, said in his ruling on Monday evening.

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.