The Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that David Ukpo, the alleged kidney donor for the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is not 15 years old. The West African Pilot reports that Ekweremadu, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, and Beatrice, his wife, were arrested by the British police on June 23 on allegations of human trafficking and organ harvesting that violate the country’s Modern Slavery Act. The police authorities...

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Dr Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Stanbic-IBTC Bank, United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc. over the controversy surrounding the real age of David Ukpo, who accused them of sponsoring his trip abroad for the purpose of harvesting his organ. In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022, dated and filed June 27 by the couple’s counsel,...