Crime
BREAKING: Ekweremadu, Wife Arrested With Conspiring To Bring Child To UK, To Harvest Organs
Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, have been remanded in custody and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court today.
The former Senate Deputy President Dr. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice has detained by the Specialist Crime Team of the Metropolitan Police in London.
According to Sky News, the Two people have been charged with conspiring to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest organs, the Metropolitan Police said.
Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, have been remanded in custody and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court today.
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Charges were brought against the pair, who are from Nigeria, following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime team.
A child has now been safeguarded.
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The investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022, the force said.