By Abiola Olawale
The London Metropolitan Police has revealed that it is currently investigating a new case linked to a former Nigerian Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu who is currently serving jail term over human trafficking charges.
The police made this revelation in a documentary focused on Ekweremadu, who went from being a serving politician and Senator to being a convict for violating the UK’s Modern Slavery Law.
In an email from a spokesperson to the police, Alexandra Meek, the UK Police told a producers of a documentary entitled ‘Daniel vs Ekweremadu’, that the police arrested a woman suspected to be involved in the organ harvesting linked with the former Deputy Senate President.
She said: “With regards to the live investigation, which is linked – On Tuesday, 8 November 2022 detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime arrested a woman on suspicion of conspiracy to exploit for organ harvesting. The woman, who is in her 50s, has been released under investigation. Enquiries remain ongoing.”
Meek, who is the senior communication manager for the MET Police, gave this as a reason for the police’s inability to participate in the documentary at this time.
The New Diplomat reports that in March 2023 Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, were found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom.
The duo, along with a medical doctor, Dr Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey.
In May 2023, a UK court sentenced Ekweremadu to a total of nine years and eight months imprisonment, while his wife, Beatrice, was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment for plotting to harvest a man’s kidney.
‘Daniel vs Ekweremadu’ tells the story of Senator Ekweremadu’s fall from Nigerian deputy senate president to British jailbird upon his conviction for organ harvesting.
Shot in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, the series includes exclusive access to British prosecutors, police, and the family of the survivor-victim, amongst others, in this first-of-its-kind thriller-style documentary from a West African independent studio.
The two-part series is available exclusively on the streaming platform withChude.com. It is produced by the factual film and series studio,
