Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has reacted to the controversy surrounding the arrest of ex-Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice in the United Kingdom.
The duo was arrested for allegedly plotting to harvest the kidney of a Nigerian minor whom they had flown abroad for the operation.
Reports noted that the duo, after their arrest at Heathrow airport, London, were arraigned in the Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court, and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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However, the Nigerian lawmaker denied the allegations of organ harvesting, while sharing a letter to the UK High Commission in Nigeria, requesting a visa for the alleged minor.
Magistrate Lois Sheard remanded both defendants in custody ahead of their hearing on July 17, 2022.
Reacting, Obi prayed for the healing of Ekweremadu’s daughter and sought God’s hand for justice in the case.
“My family and I are with the Ekweremadus over their travail.
We join all men of goodwill in praying for the healing of their daughter and commit them into God’s hand for justice to be done,” he said.
