President Bola Tinubu has dispatched a high-level delegation to London to discuss the case of Ike Ekweremadu, the former deputy senate president, who has been imprisoned in the United Kingdom since March 2023. The delegation includes Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Lateef Fagbemi, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice. The team arrived in London […]
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has been found guilty of organ trafficking by a United Kingdom court. His wife Beatrice and Obinna Obeta, a doctor involved in the case, were also found guilty. The jury found that they conspired to bring the victim to London to exploit him for his kidney. The Old Bailey […]
A London-based medical doctor, Obinna Obeta has been docked for allegedly conniving with Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice to facilitate the travel of Ukpo Nwamini David for kidney harvesting. Recall that the Metropolitan Police had on June 21 arrested the couple for allegedly planning to have David’s kidney removed for their daughter Sonia who […]
By Andrew Orolua Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday issued a fresh order directing the National Identification Management Commission, NIMC, to release the bio-data of David Ukpo, the organ donor, to the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF. The court issued the order following a request to that […]
By Moses Oyediran, Enugu Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu yesterday said the National Assembly in the past made efforts to review the constitution but their efforts were frustrated by bottlenecks. “It will be unfair to say we have not achieved anything,” he said. Ekweremadu disclosed this in an interview with newsmen during the ongoing […]
*Frown at politicians sowing seeds of discord Moses Oyediran, Enugu Leaders of Enugu West Senatorial District, led by a former Deputy President of the Senate and the Senator representing the zone in the National Assembly, Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday, pledged their absolute commitment towards the sustenance of the existing peace and good governance entrenched in […]
By Tunde Opalana Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has condemned the military intervention in Mali as well as backing sanctions by a community of nations and the international community against the rebellious soldiers, Daily Times reports. Noting that Mali was strategic in the war against insurgency, Ekweremadu said political instability in the West African […]
*Makes case for early, staggered primaries Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has described as unconstitutional, the conduct of re-run elections within 90 days. The senator, who expressed disappointment over the denial of presidential assent to critical electoral reforms by the National Assembly, said the 90- day window for the conduct of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extolled the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, for his outstanding patriotic roles toward the unity, stability and growth of the country. The PDP in a congratulatory message to Senator Ekweremadu on his 58th birthday, described the former deputy Senate President “as a detribalized Nigerian and […]
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has condemned the reported extra-judicial killings in several parts of the country by security agencies enforcing the lockdown ordered by the federal government and some states of the federation to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Ekweremadu, who is also a member of the seven-man International Parliamentary Taskforce […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday struck out the criminal charge filed by the defunct Special Presidential Investigation Panel on Recovery of Public Property against the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu for lack of diligent prosecution. The defunct panel had brought the charges against Ekweremadu for alleged false assets declaration on […]
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has asked the federal government to consider suspending diplomatic tie with the South African Government until everything is settled. The Senator, who condemned the ongoing xenophobia attacks said “I find the incessant xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa very un-African, barbaric, […]
Patrick Okohue The Nigerian political environment has been awash since the weekend following the attack on former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu by some aggrieved members of the Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) at the 2nd Annual Igbo Cultural Festival held in Nuremberg, Germany. Senator Ekweremadu who was attending as a speaker/special guest of honor […]
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, declined to consider the issuance of a bench warrant against the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, for failure to make himself available for arraignment in court over his alleged involvement in failure to declare his assets. Justice Binta Nyako said the application brought by the prosecuting lawyer, Mr. […]
The South East Youth Wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned in strong voice the alleged assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son, describing it as an attempt to silence leaders of the Igbo race. Addressing journalists after an emergency meeting of the States’ PDP Youth Leaders […]
The South-East Governors’ Forum has called for thorough and unbiased investigation on alleged attempted assassination of Deputy Senate President, Dr Ike Ekweremadu. The forum also rejected what it described as “hasty conclusion’’ by the investigating security agency that the attack was a case of burglary. The Director-General of the forum, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, made the […]
…Rejects police claim of burglary …DSP threatens to make video public The Senate yesterday called on security agencies to carry out a full scale investigation into the assassination attempt on the lives of Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son. The lawmakers also dismissed as irresponsible, submission of the police, that […]
…PDP demands wide range investigation as CUPP seeks sack of IGP The Senate on Tuesday ordered its Committee on Police Affairs to probe an assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu. The upper chamber also charged the committee with the responsibility of finding out reasons for the lack luster response from the […]
The Police has arrested one Mohammed Yusuf (of no fixed address), a native of Kauranamuda, Zamfara State who broke into the residence of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, at the early hours of Tuesday in Abuja. While the police authorities said it was a case of burglary which is receiving its attention, the […]
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and son have escaped an assassination attempt. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, the incident occurred at about 4:00 am on Tuesday at their Apo Quarters residence in Abuja. The armed men were said to have discreetly evaded […]