They were denied bail on Thursday June 23,2022 and their case will come up again for hearing on July 7, 2022.
Facts on the Ekweremadu matter
1. Ike Ekweremadu wasn't involved in any organ trafficking
1. Ike Ekweremadu wasn't involved in any organ trafficking
2. He has a daughter who needs a transplant.
3. A willing donor was seen in Nigeria and travel preparations were made.
4. Ike Ekweremadu did write to the British High Commission, explaining the situation
5. The donor travelled to the UK with the patient.
6. The patient is a 21 year old man and not a girl as many are writing.
7. He is not a minor.
8. As it happened, the organ did not even match.
9. Not wanting to return to Nigeria, the donor went to report that he was trafficked to London for possible organ harvest, believing same would guarantee him asylum.
From Whatsapp.
When I had the news I was taken aback, they won't be foolish to take a minor, also most time we now the average Nigerian is older than what is indicated in Thier passport, they should have gotten some one way older like 25 with with better frame of mind
ReplyDeleteFirst mistake they shld not have used UK; they are over-strict. Shld have gone to India/Turkey....2nd Mistake Shld have used a much older person; settĺe him in millions. A sharp person who knows dis is biz, i need the money, i understand d health impact, no one is takn advantage of me and i will keep it confidential. But then when God wants to catch these ppl he makes them brazen and stupid.
DeleteGod is not going to delay critical treatment for a sick person. You won't be typing this if it happened to someone you care for.
DeleteThis guy was going to get paid even if he wasn't a match but he panicked and is pulling this stunt at the expense of a person who is critically ill and in desperate need of a solution. Even if he wanted the world, they would have given him so that they could quickly find a donor that matched. This guy is ready to lie his way into a permanent stay in the UK even if it means the patient with kidney disease dies without his parents by his side. This person clearly deserves Ekweremadu as his senator because he is as wicked as his elected officials. The leadership is gotten from the followership and selected by them through votes.
Anon 19.37 see me see trouble was it my enemy dat put their daughter in her present predicament or im d British Govt that arrested her parents.
DeleteIf the country wasnt such a Hell-hole caused by this horrid leaders that young man wont have to be so desperate to go that route and betray them(if he did o). But u see just as their daughter is desperate for a kidney so also are millions of poor Nigerians desperate for one and they dont even have the medical facilities or means. I cant feel sorry for these ppl, they have the money, the BRITISH GOVT will definitely take care of Ekeremadus daughter, she may even be a citizen, so i will save my pity for d Nigerians who dont have such opportunities bcos of greedy leaders like Ekeremadu..even all our Specialist and best brains are now out of d country to working systems cos of these same greedy leaders. So save me with the BS
I don’t understand why they took him without testing his kidney to see if it’s matches nd they had to waste all the money to take him there? Please someone should explain....
ReplyDeleteThis points are from his camp( PR)
DeleteHow does a whole Ekeremadu not test dat boy in one of d best hospitals in Abuja to confirm Kidney match? What documents did they tender at d Embassy. That letter from the Hospital ought to be included in his visa application.
DeleteGod bless you for saying the above narrative is from his camp. I live in the UK and know how these things work. The NHS will not turn down a kidney donor that does not match. What they do now is to put the donor’s spec in a pool and then they trade with another donor that matches in that pool. It’s like trade by barter with kidney donation now.
DeleteThe doctors realised waiting for a perfect match was taking too long so they have created a pool for donor and match to recipients. What this means is the above narrative on not matching and unusable is very untrue. All kidney donors are taken and usable simply by trading. The UK government and law is not stupid and the above explanation in court will not hold because it’s not true.
What B&R said is what they should have done but Nigerians are used to cutting corners. They could have used a matured adult that they pay to wiling consent and not manipulate a minor who is a male.
Thank God the British legal system can’t be manipulated like that of naija. Justice will prevail and everyone will pay for their evil. God cannot be mocked.
Pardon my typos if any.
12:39 you don’t understand
DeleteThe kidney didn’t match
The fact that it can be traded is not a solution for Solution who is urgently in need of a kidney
People die waiting
You are the one that does not understand how it works. Go read about it. That is the solution now. No kidney donor
DeleteIs turned away again in the UK on mismatch grounds. Any donor
I even if not a match is fast tracked and placed as a priority to receive any match of the required recipients when a match becomes available. You people should stay informed.
No kidney donor is turned down again in the UK
Sister 14:46 they do same in us and still it’s hard to find. Pls stop saying what you don’t know
DeleteWill the new match happen today if they put them on the list
Have all the ones looking for trade last week found one. It’s still a process and time keeps going. have you known anyone trying to trade? Have you been in their shoes
14:46? what are you even saying????
DeleteHow is it that they did not run tests before traveling to be sure that the donor is compatible? It sounds fishy to me.
ReplyDeleteI also read another version alleges that the willing donor in Nigeria didn't match before they resorted to the minor.
I can't wait for them to be through with their investigation so the truth would come to light.
This is clearly from his people, trying to do damage control. Why wasn't a proper test done here in Nigeria to see if its compatible before going through the financial burden of taking him out of the country
DeletePls this is nigeria
DeleteWhy are you do surprised that a Nigerian hospital approved and a uk one denied
If we had all the right equipment would we be going out for transplant
The test was done in Nigeria and said it's a match that why he travelled with the boy on getting there the hospital did Thier test and discovered otherwise
Delete🤭@the last sentence.....
ReplyDeleteJust imagine. Thank you for this report Stella mama.
ReplyDeleteA check on the Bank Verification Number (BVN) portal also showed the alleged minor; David Ukpo’s date of birth as October 12, 2000. Same date as his passport details.
DeleteNo. 9 seems to have been added to it to silence the case. Trust big man
ReplyDeleteTheir lies will be uncovered. This is a sane system thank God
Delete12:41,
DeleteOr their truth. We seem so interested in only believing the worst about them
You want the ekewermadus to be guilty so bad
DeleteNo 8 was not necessary, I trust the law in that country to treat this case we'll unlike Nigeria where money can buy anything
ReplyDeleteIn all of this , i pray the daughter receives her healing in Jesus name,Amen
DeleteI figured this was what happened not in this exact way tho. I figured, this guy initially agreed to be a donor just to leave the country but never had any intention to actually donate his kidney.
ReplyDeleteWill just see how this unfolds cos I don’t believe ike is dumb enough to try to steal a kidney abroad. Which doctor abroad will even do a transplant without due process?
Let’s sha be looking at how this plays out. If that guy is not 15 years old as claimed, then ….
Exactly what I thought last night. He can't be that dumb to do such in UK of all places. But like I said in SP, I will do more observing and see as things goes.
Deleteif na another person una mouth for sharp
DeleteThis is laughable.
ReplyDeleteHow? Are you so certain about the charges to be true? I think everyone should prove their innocence before the court.
DeleteTeeJay it is quite surprising to see you try to justify what ike did.
DeleteIf he followed the right process, why was he and the wife arrested?
Do you think UK is like Nigeria where one will be arrested without proper investigation?
Like you said, let's wait and see as everything unfold.
Exactly at your last sentence. Are you telling me UK is now infallible? All the false accusations and conviction we read on blogs from oversea's judiciary system that were later overturned, what would you say about that?
DeleteP. S- I'm not justifying anything here rather I want to wait for the outcome of the judicial process. I was wrong to have hastily judged him even when the court haven't done that.
All these whatsapp "Lawyers" sef....does this person know the meaning of Organ trafficking. So far the donor is receiving monetary gain or promise of a better life it is termed trafficking.
ReplyDeleteNo madam bed of roses. It was termed trafficking because the donor claims he was not aware that he was coming to the Uk to donate an organ. The letter ekweramadu wrote to the british high commission vindicates him
DeleteWhy they used a country like UK is beneath me, UK dat are so strict with rules. They shld have gone to a country like India and use a proper ADULT. It will be a business arrangement they will settle him in millions, everyone goes their way. Same UK dat some of their citizens have to travel to turkey and spain to get some procedures done cos they are banned in d UK or docs wont do it for safety reasons. Fear UK for procedure
DeleteI think they used uk bc they are familiar with it and thought all was good till the boy decided to japa
Delete11:21, you made me go read the letter again and saw how legally well worded it is.
DeleteBetter for the man's camp to lett his legal team face the case than for pr team to do sm pr and influencing.
*beyond me
DeleteSome Nigerians are used to short cuts and bypassing appropriate channels to facilitate what they want. You can't do same in saner climes with laws that are being enforced. I guess the Ekweremadu's will procure the best representation in court.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you for this. They are used to cutting corners and when something becomes a way of life, you no longer see reality in any different environment or jurisdictions
DeleteThe letter he wrote is seeking visa approval for the donor boy it was not explaining the situation. my question is why was there no consent agreement letter or form signed by the supposed donor and frm Senator before taking him to the UK? Cant any of his other children or relative donate?
ReplyDeleteThis thing is not like fixing weave on. You have to get a HEALTHY match that is exact.
DeleteSome people have 2 kidneys that are not even healthy.
I saw the before and after pictures of the said Ike Ekweremadu's daughter and I was disappointed..
ReplyDeleteShe used to be dark skinned but now as white as an oyinbo...
Say No to bleaching guys!!!..
Bleaching your skin is the number one thing that leads to kidney failure...
Check out most people that has been diagnosed with kidney failures are mostly people that was bleaching..
Chinedu Nwadike and co!..
Your dark skin is beautiful!!!..
I pity Tonto that is taking one nonsense drip for glowing..
And Toke? I watched her skit with Kiekie on YouTube. She didn't look good at all. I winced at her overall physical look. Too much.
DeleteThanks for speaking the truth today!
DeleteThe way people are taking all sorts of drips and injections now, all in the name of i want to GLOW. Bleaching cream is no longer enough.
DeleteThank you very much Queen, you have spoken well.
DeleteAnty Queen, point of correction, even though bleaching is directly linked to and causes kidney failure, its not the number 1 or even number 2 cause of kidney failure.
DeleteThat being said, the hydroquinone, organic, and Co users, please stop for the sake of your health.
Point number 8. How do you incur expenses with moving someone from Nigeria to UK without being sure their organs match with the prospective receiver.?
ReplyDeleteExactly what I said....just why?
DeleteHe has a girl who needs transplant and the patient is a 21 yrs old man in the same vein? Which one is it bikonu .
ReplyDeletePlease read to understand, the donor is a 21 year old man, not the patient.
DeleteRead.
DeleteRead slowly, very very slowly.
What a damage control full of lies from the pot of hell!
ReplyDeleteThe donor is a 15years old boy(minor)and how the heck is it possible that you would go as far as bringing someone to the Uk when his match with hhe said patient hadn't been confirmed??!
I'm very pleased this happened in the Uk,Justice must be served regardless.
How are you so sure the boy is a minor? Can you tell us the name of the boy and send his photo to Stella for posting since you are hell bent of nailing him for speaking against Saint PO without giving him a chance to defend himself?
DeleteMust you bring in PO into this case? It's like you longer sleep at night whenever you remember PO. Was it PO that asked them to arrest Ekweremadu and his wife?
DeleteAbeg leave Eesah ó, where were you yesterday when they were shouting the God of Obi caught with him fast. It is a pity the situation they find themselves trying to save their daughter, I pity them but we need to here their side of the story, the boys age and every other involved before took him out.
DeleteEhen, I for say! Eesah standing up for an Igbo man was too good to be true. It’s just cos they are on the same page on the Peter Obi issue. Smh.
DeleteAnyway, you are right. Desperation can make people do and undo. I watched a video of some men in interrogation desperately claiming 17 and 16 when these guys are surely nothing less than 35! I was stunned! Talk more of someone who MAY be 22/23. That lie can fly easily!
Let’s see how this plays out. Quite a number of holes in this story.
Mystic
What age was written on the passport he used to travel out?
DeleteIf it were in Nigeria, will any police, soldier or dss ever get close to this man to even deliver a letter of invitation to appear at their station, not to talk of arrest?
ReplyDeleteWhat about his relatives ??
ReplyDeleteHmmmm!!
This feels like damage control.
ReplyDelete1. No Nigerian non relative will donate kidney because of kindness.
2. They must have tested the young man and matched him to their daughter before leaving Nigeria
3. UK does not arrest on hearsay. They usually have substantial evidence before dragging you to court.
4. When the child left their house why didn't they report him as missing.
5. Paying for a kidney is illegal in most countries.
6. None of the girls siblings matched. Or they didn't want to risk their child's life.
7. UK will put the girl on a waiting list. They could have set up a webpage soliciting for help. Most people who do that get the help they need. Personally I know of one case where his colleague matched and donated a kidney to him
If the picture circulating is true. That boy is a teenager and can't consent.
Paying for an organ is organ trafficking.
According to Arise TV, When the doctor stopped the surgery they made the young man's life miserable so he ran away.
Na wa o
DeleteFor you to take anything from Ariseee TV seriously shows how naive you are and how much of kunu you just yarn. People that anything good hardly comes out of thier station 😏
DeleteEesah does anything good come out from your mouth. You see white and call it black always.
DeleteGbam to the unbiased commenters. Most Nigerians will not admit to their folly and evil acts until they are caught red handed. For an arrest to have been made, there are evidence retrieved. It’s not naija that police arrest people anyhow. This case has been on for a month. So investigation undertaken before charging them to court. They should just plead guilty and ask for mercy based on their daughter’s situation rather than trying to prove what is evident the UK law has been broken.
DeleteLol do you know how many uk charges get dropped
DeleteRest abeg
Go and educate yourself please. Crime charges with evidence get dropped? Not in a sane country like the UK
Delete13:08, thank you. Most of us do not know how the police and the law work.
DeleteThe police is bound to act on any allegation. They may drop investigation at the station, or may go to court on prima facie evidence, which may be withdrawn, settled where permitted by the law, or prosecuted to conviction or acquital.
Is it possible here that the accused just mishandled the process in the typically Nigerian way and the boy/young man wants to cash out the typically Nigerian way? Only further investigation or the trial will reveal.
Here is not to say the accused man and wife are innocent or guilty of the charges made against them.
14:49 you know they have not been formally charged right. They are still deciding on charges. They were arrested on preliminary charges. Uk police cast a wide net and then district office makes decisions
DeleteThank you 14:56
DeleteThis seems plausible, trap Selena shed more light on this on IG, but my question still remains, why was ekweremadu arrested?? Did the hospital alert the authorities because they suspected some kind of shady business? Was the boy indeed a minor? Or did the boy decide to sing a different tune to be granted asylum? We won’t know the entire truth until court proceedings start and until then, the true story is still unclear. Our politicians might be stupid but definitely not dumb enough to attempt to traffic a human being for his organs to the UK. Not like it’s even India or some other shit hole country where something like this can fly.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. The reason I withdrew my earlier condemnation and decided to wait on investigation and the court possible ruling. Let the raw truth be established then I know how to respond afterward.
DeleteSo the boy is now lying because he is from the street and ike is saying the truth because he is a public figure?
ReplyDeleteWell, to other corrupt politicians, this is the kind of public disgrace you all will face when you fail to do the work you are elected to do.
God heal the sick and vindicate the innocent boy that ike want to frame up.
God bless you Chike for saying it as it is. Justice will prevail. If they have not stolen naija money, they would have built the state of art hospitals in naija and won’t have to travel abroad for medicals.
DeleteNawao. It's well
ReplyDeleteOh well as the saying in pidgin goes, na who them catch be thief.To most Nigerians, it is the 'norm'
ReplyDeleteto cut corners, falsified certificates, falsified qualifications, marriage for papers, age falsification, and the list goes on and on, so if true nothing new to see here. Let them get a good lawyer, they may just avoid jail.
This report is fishy. Waiting to hear more from UK court.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow it goes. May justice prevail.
ReplyDeleteTooor.....
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm !!!!
Truth will be out and Justice must prevail. No too much talk. 😬
I think we should all just wait a little bit to get the whole picture before making assumptions. As it is, the case is in a UK court so the truth will come to light soon.
ReplyDeleteHmmm
ReplyDeleteThis damage control from Whatsapp is somehow. Let's see how it goes.
ReplyDeleteJust so disappointed in the so called facts you have put out dear Stella . It is you assuming he is innocent. He has been charged with conspiring . Did you think they have not investigated this situation. It is alleged that he conspired to procure a passport for the person and in the passport, the donor is supposedly 21. But there is the possibility that he is a minor and was homeless in Nigeria. While it is sad that his child is critically ill, it is still not fair to do things the wrong way. My prayer is that justice is done to all parties. If he is found guilty may he face the wrath of the law. If he is innocent also, let him be set free. I pray for health for his child too but let the law prevail.
ReplyDeleteAmen and amen to all your prayers.
DeleteMystic
Where did we find any proof of this boy's homelessness? How did the homeless boy get linked with the further no 4 man in Nigeria to the point of offering to donate a kidney?
DeleteThank God it's a UK court and UK police. The truth will be out soon. What we have now are theories, conjectures and hearsay.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe these facts..
ReplyDeleteI think the donor doesn't know he was being taken there for organ transplant. That's why he wasn't tested here to see if his kidney matched.
I know our politicians, they are very very wicked, from personal experience, I speak from personal experience. The same people that his noodles that was supposed to be shared during COVID lockdown..
He must have met the young boy, told him he likes him, that he send people abroad and better their lives, told him not to tell anyone and should keep it secret to himself. Na their way be that..
They don't like to spend their stolen wealth wisely, if not with the poverty on ground , alot of people would be willing to donate for the right price, but no, them go dey hide their family problem like say no be everybody get wetin dem dey deal with, that's how they'll go to hospital abroad and be lying about going for vacation.. no be everything done burst open now..
Only God know what they plan to do to the young boy after the whole operation thingy cos they definitely won't want it to hit the news and they are not used to doing things the legal way so there will be no Non disclosure agreement.. that's even if the boy is up to age which o doubt
Lol you must think they have time and money to waste by taking him there without testing
DeleteOk, meaning he must have been tested while deceiving him that he was doing the necessary medical for his travel..
DeleteNah Boss dude knew what’s up
DeleteDante, I agree with you. Na who no know Nigerian politicians dey believe their words
DeleteThe assumption that the boy may not have known his organ was needed sounds false. That would mean no testing was done? Just carried him to a UK hospital hoping for the best? Nahhh!
ReplyDeleteThe boy may be underaged but influenced by family to do this for material gains, then he developed cold feet abroad.
The boy could also have had this intention from Nigeria. Anything to just leave the country. This is also a plausible scenario. That’s why people abroad have to be very careful inviting someone over to visit. They will just ‘miss’ and put you in trouble.
I pray there is justice for everyone. If indeed he knows the boy was underaged, then he should stew in his mess.
Mystic
Uk was a wrong choice even if the whole arrangement was legit. Some of the questions these health practitioners will ask may even cause the boy to panic and change his mind.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, there are different possibilities to this story.. The boy may have had a change of mind out of fear or is betraying them to be allowed to live in the UK, this happens a lot.
I doubt any sane person will take a minor to the UK for such a procedure, it is deemed a minor cannot consent. Anyway, metropolitan police, do a thorough investigation.and get to the bottom of this.
I pray the sick lady gets a donor and is healed, amen.
Here to learn from those familiar with the UK asylum system.
ReplyDeleteIF it is found las las that: (1) the alleged donor is 21 years plus from the beginning of the process of taking him to UK, (2) he reneged, and (3) made the complaint for asylum purpose. Would the UK grant him asylum or does he risk being imprisoned?
He’ll be deported
DeleteThey’ll probably not imprison him for fear of discouraging other donors
Just like they tend not to imprison those that falsely cry rape so that real victims will not be discouraged from coming forward
Thanks @15:54.
DeleteDid the young donor have the mental capacity or knowledge to understand what is involved with being an organ donor? Even if the person was not a minor, you need to have a level of mental capacity to understand the full undertaking and what is involved with such a major surgery and the longterm impact to the donor's own health and recovery from the surgey.
ReplyDeleteIf the daughter is possibly sick becsuse of skin bleaching, as stated by a bv, why jump through hoops of fire looking for cure.
Black ppl please stop drinking albohol, we were never created to be alcohol drinkers.
15:26,
DeleteYour last paragraph though. My goodness, one reads all sorts!!!
The lady has kidney issues because an unknown BV stated it? Oh my word!
And you now top it up by writing that black people were not created to drink. So, in your infinite wisdom or lack of, white people were created by GOD to drink?!
This, right here is one of the silliest comments have read in yonks.
Educate yourself on the major causes of renal failure and you'll have empathy for those going through the disease.
DeleteSuch knowledge is readily available online in the same language as the unfounded conjecture you are quoting.
I am not going to research nothing. The word if is there, it already questions validity of the statement and I clearly state if that is the real reason then no need to have gone this route, wait on the donor list.
DeleteI am not here to compare Black ppl's body to anyone else's. No, our bodies are damn sensitive to things like alcohol and sugar, and alcohol contains sugars. It is not for our biology and chemistry. Every message cannot be happy.
22:03(15:26),
DeletePlease make yourself available to learn. It's for your own good.
Why are we like this? You expect so little, make no demands on the politicians/treasury looters? Do we think so little of ourselves? This guy plus 5 of his cohorts can afford at least $50m to set up a world class Transplant hospital with a kidney transplant surgeon, a heart transplant surgeon + volunteers if its set up & the masses will benefit, not just the looters. That will help carry out at least 500 transplants/surgeries, helping them & THE MASSES instead of stealing scarce $ to spend on foreign economies. Why do the masses look down on themselves with some blaming the boy for "scamming him"? What inferiority complex prevents PMB & Tinubu, fellow looters " from investing just about the amount in one Looter's accounts to set up a world class hospital? Who cursed Nigeria? Many of us here are or know the ones doing the professional things people travel for, why is it impossible to get leaders with a brain? At a hospital I worked here a surgeon can be scheduled to do about 20 such surgeries per week or given period making several per year, all safety protocol by Joint Commission followed to the letter. Nigerian rulers act like nothing good can be done in Nigeria but those outside ARE doing some of the things they waste $ to do. What is so hard about privatizing LUTH/UCH/UNTH etc, having partnerships with good hospitals in the US. Costa Rica has one in partnership with a bUS hospital, like many countries.They are all privately run, not by physicians but as businesses by those with Healthcare Administration or MBA degrees with physicians, several professionals like Biomedical engineers, technicians trained in several different specialties, making sure equipments from Siemens, GE Healthcare, or Phillips among others are well serviced, in top shape & test results are accurate.. Why are our minds so colonized that though we had the world class hospitals in the 70s we can no longer boast of any good ones. Btw, the clinics/Dr's offices we call "hospitals" out of our oversized egos in Nigeria are NOT hospitals.
ReplyDeleteWho did this to Nigeria? Its not rocket science to set up a world class transplant center but our leaders prefer to tie stolen loot down on overpriced, unaffordable real estate not planning for climate change that ,God forbid may make the entire coastline disappear... omg! Their bank accounts can set up 2 or more Mayo or Cleveland clinic type world class hospitals, convert Lagos to Dubai but they prefer to leave it in western banks, losing most when they die. It's mind numbing. Make demands on all politicians, cronies & the obtuse ruling class, the $amount in their account is enough to stop medical tourism. His participation in looting Nigeria hopefully will not cost his daughter. May God show her mercy.