A Nigerian senator and his wife were detained in London on Thursday on charges of planning to take a 15-year-old boy to Britain to extract his organs, police said.
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, were charged with conspiracy to arrange another person’s trip for the purpose of exploitation, i.e., organ harvesting, according to authorities.
Ekweremadu is an opposition senator in the southern African state of Enugu, and also a former vice president of the Senate.
Police said they were alerted to the alleged plan after complaints were made of possible offenses under modern slavery legislation. The child involved was taken to a safe place and work was underway to provide additional support.
The couple appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in London, where the court was told the child involved was a 15-year-old boy, the BBC reported.
The prosecution told the court that the attorney general’s consent was necessary for the case to proceed because of jurisdictional issues, the BBC added, and the couple will be held in custody until their next court hearing on 7 July.
Neither Ekweremadu nor his wife could be reached for comment.
Source: CNN Brasil
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