The London Metropolitan Police has arrested a Nigerian national, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, for conspiring to bring a child to the UK for organ harvesting.
While the description given by the police matches that of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, neither the lawmaker nor his aides have commented on the development as of the time of publishing this report.
But the police added that “both been remanded in custody and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court.
“The investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022.