Tinubu Reportedly Sends Delegation to UK Over Ekweremadu’ Organ Harvesting Case

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly dispatched a high-level Nigerian government delegation to the United Kingdom (UK) to engage with officials of the UK Ministry of Justice over the case of the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.

According to reports, the delegation includes Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi (SAN).

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ayekooto Akindele, disclosed this in a Facebook post accompanied by a video showing the delegation’s arrival in London. The team was received at the Nigerian High Commission by Ambassador Mohammed Maidugu, the Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Ekweremadu has been detained in the UK since March 2023 over allegations of organ trafficking. The former Deputy Senate President and his wife, Beatrice, were arrested by the London Metropolitan Police and accused of conspiring to traffic one David Nwanini to harvest his kidney.

In May 2023, an Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court sentenced Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months in prison, while his wife received four years and six months, and a co-defendant, Dr. Obinna Obeta, was handed a ten-year jail term. The court found them guilty of arranging the travel of a 21-year-old man from Lagos to the UK to harvest his kidney for a transplant intended for their daughter, Sonia.

Although the transplant did not take place, the court held the trio responsible for exploiting the young man’s vulnerability.

In January 2025, Beatrice Ekweremadu was released from prison and returned to Nigeria, while her husband remains in custody in the UK.

The visit by President Tinubu’s delegation is believed to be part of diplomatic efforts to discuss possible legal or humanitarian considerations regarding Ekweremadu’s ongoing imprisonment.

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