Ekweremadu’s Wife And Daughter, Sonia, In Court Today As Police Charge Her For ‘Trafficking A Homeless Man Into The UK To Harvest His Organs For Herself’
The daughter of former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, appeared in a UK court today November 7, to answer to claims that she trafficked a homeless man into the country to harvest his organs for herself.
Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice were arrested in June this year and have been standing trial alongside their doctor, Obinna Obeta, for charges bothering on conspiracy to arrange the travel of another person with a view to exploit him and harvest his organ.
It is alleged they conspired together, with others unknown and with another family member Isaac Ekweremadu, to arrange the travel of a 21-year-old man identified as David Ukpo Nwamini, with a view to exploiting him between August 1 2021 and May 5 2021. They have been accused of facilitating David’s travel from Lagos to London to remove one of his kidneys and use same for their daughter, Sonia, who has a kidney-related disease and has been on dialysis for some time.
While in court today, the prosecutors claim the plot was to harvest Nwamini’s organ for Sonia’s benefit. The prosecutors told the court that the Ekweremadus and their doctor were arrested after the young man, who previously lived on the streets of Lagos, turned up at Staines police station, claiming he was the victim of trafficking.
Prosecutors claim Nwamini told police officers he had arrived in the UK on 20 February this year and had been taken to Royal Free Hospital for tests, none of which he consented to. After these tests, Nwamini said he had returned to the house he had been staying in, where he was ‘treated effectively as a slave’. Prosecutors claim he escaped the address and was homeless for three days before going to the police.
Mr. Ekweremadu and his doctor are currently on remand in HMP Wandsworth and HMP Belmarsh respectively. They did not appear in court today.
Mrs Ekweremadu who was granted bail at a hearing in July, appeared in court today alongside Sonia.
The defendants were due to enter their pleas but this could not take place today because of further legal argument.
The trial has been brought forward from May 2023 to January 31 2023, at the Old Bailey.
The Ekweremadus and Obeta will next appear at the Old Bailey on 16 December this year.
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed that individuals can only deposit N5million for new accounts and N50million for old accounts in one month.
CBN Director of Currency, Ahmed B. Umar,who issued the directive said that individuals will not be allowed to deposit more than N5 million if the transaction involves a new account in one month and if the transaction involves an old account, then only a maximum of N50 million will be allowed.
He also warned that those with multiple accounts will be monitored via the Bank Verification Number (BVN).
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has said he will defeat his opponents in the 2023 general elections the way Arsenal triumphed over Chelsea in the English Premier League.
Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League table with a 1-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday courtesy of a Gabriel goal.
While congratulating the Gunners, the former Vice President who is also an Arsenal fan promised to do the same for Nigerians in the February 2023 presidential election
He wrote on his official Twitter handle “Great win, Arsenal, even after a goalless first half. As Arsenal did in this game for we, the fans, we will also Recover Nigeria for Nigerians”.
A passenger aircraft crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while trying to land in stormy weather at an airport in the lakeside city of Bukoba, the state broadcaster said.
Fifteen people have been rescued so far but it was not known how many passengers were on board the Precision Air flight or whether there were any fatalities, Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) reported.
The aircraft, which had departed from the capital, Dar es Salaam, “fell in Lake Victoria this morning due to storms and heavy rains”.
Video footage and images that circulated on social media confirmed the aircraft almost fully submerged, with only its green and brown-coloured tail visible above the water line of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake.
Rescue boats were deployed and emergency workers were continuing to rescue other passengers trapped in the plane.
Precision Air, Tanzania’s biggest privately owned airline, identified the plane as flight PW 494 and said it was “involved in an accident as it was approaching Bukoba Airport”. The airline’s statement gave no further details.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan called for calm as the rescue operation continued.
“I have received with unhappiness the news of the accident involving Precision Air’s plane,” she tweeted. “Let’s be calm at this moment when rescuers are continuing with the rescue mission while praying to God to help us.”
Two out of eight domestic staff of superstar singer, Davido that were picked up by the Lagos state police command over the loss of life of his 3-year-old son, Ifeanyi have been detained.
The infant sadly drowned in his father’s Banana Island apartment on Monday, October 31. had earlier reported that eight of the domestic staff were invited for questioning on Tuesday November 1.
The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said following vital interrogation, six of the domestic staff brought in for questioning, have been released while the chef and the nanny whose duty was to cater for the wellbeing of the little boy, have been detained.
Recall that a source close to the heartbreaking incident told Journalists that the Nanny was with Ifeanyi and the Chef came to join them. The Nanny was said to have moved barely away to receive a call. When she returned, she couldn’t locate Ifeanyi and assumed he was with the Chef but the Chef said he had left Ifeanyi with her.
They began to frantically look for Ifeanyi all over the residence for close to 20 mins until a security guard noticed him in the pool.
No one could explain how the boy got in the pool. Davido and Chioma were said to have returned from their trip to the devastating news.
Kogi Assembly Candidate Arrested With N326m, $610,500 Cash
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ismaila Yusuf Atumey,i with N326million and $ 140,500 cash.
Atumeyi, who is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 Constituency in the State Assembly, was arrested on Sunday.
Spokesman of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, told News men that one Abdumalik Salau Femi, a former financial institution employee, was arrested in reference to the fraud alongside one Joshua Dominic, an alleged serial fraudster, in a sting operation at Macedonia Street, Queens Estate, Karsana, Gwarinpa, Abuja.
According to Uwujaren, Femi provided the internal facts that facilitated the attack on a financial institution by the syndicate.
“He (Femi) was picked up Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at Radisson Blu Hotel in Lagos. Following his arrest, a search was carried out on his home in Morgan Estate, Ojodu where a total of $470,000 USD was recovered.”
“The arrest of the suspects followed months of investigation into the hacking of one of the commercial banks by a syndicate of fraudsters who pulled off a heist of N1.4billion.
“The syndicate allegedly moved N887 million into the account of Fav Oil and Gas limited, from in which the monies were paid to several Bureau de Change operators and some car sellers for alternate into United States Dollars and buy of high-end cars,” he said.
The EFCC added that Dominic, who has severally been arrested for fraud, allegedly helped Atumeyi perfect the hacking plan through Abdumalik.
Uwujaren stated: “Dominic, a self-styled investment expert and managing director of Brisk Capital Limited was arrested in May 2021 by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police for alleged N2billion investment scam. He allegedly defrauded over 500 individuals in a phony investment scheme.
“Two Range Rover Luxury SUVs were also recovered from the two suspects arrested in Abuja. They will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.”
A young woman has end up Britain’s first blind and Black barrister, in an achievement that has been described as ‘truly remarkable.
23-year-old Jessikah Inaba qualified last week after studying for five years at a university in London. She finished her entire course using Braille and also credits her friends as well as her tutors for helping to fill in the gaps.
Jess is absolutely blind and needed to use Braille during her time at the University of Law – London Bloomsbury. She commenced her accelerated law degree in September 2017 before starting a master’s two years later alongside a professional training course.
Braille can be read on a unique display that usually gives one line at a time, or from specially printed books. She said it took seven months for her university to obtain one of her two key study texts so she could read on her computer, and five months for the other.
And, because of pictures and tables in the books, her Braille screen missed huge chunks of material, she said.
She says she got through most of her studies by making her own Braille materials from her lecture notes, or from friends reading books to her.
On her achievement, Jess told Mirror UK: ‘It’s been crazy – I still can’t really believe I’ve done it. One day I’ll wake up and realise how amazing this is.
‘It was difficult and I often thought of giving up, however my supportive family gave me braveness and strength.
‘I always believed in myself from the start – there’s nothing about me which means this isn’t possible.
‘I know I can do this job really well, and the more people like me who go through training the easier it will become.
‘It’s a really excellent feeling, I know I’m giving hope to others in similar situations to mine. There’s a triple-glazed glass ceiling.
I’m not the most common gender or colour, and I have a disability, but by pushing through I’m easing the burden on the next person like me.’
She added that the university organised one-on-one tuition to support her when the lack of books held her back.
Jess said: ‘I was spending more time preparing my own learning materials than I was studying.
The confirmed account of the internet fraudster, Abbas Ramoni, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has been deactivated.
Hushpuppi is currently been tried in the United States for fraud-related activities.
It had been reported that Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai by a joint team of Dubai Police and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in June 2020 for alleged fraud on different victims, including American citizens.
Hushpuppi was then extradited and charged with multiple counts of hacking, impersonation, scamming banking fraud, and identity theft.
Meanwhile, the suspected internet fraudster’s account with @hushpuppi as his username has about 2.8 million followers, 827 following and 540 posts showcasing his extravagant lifestyle.
Despite being arrested and tried, Instagram permitted Hushpuppi to share videos and photos on the platform once he does not represent dangerous organisations or individuals.
However, the social media platform seems to have reviewed the decision to allow Hushpuppi’s account to remain active.
A recent check to confirm Hushpuppi’s account activeness on Sunday, October 30, 2022, the search results reveal that his account has been deactivated.
Top Lagos businessman and socialite, Shola Oniru has finally reacted to the purported viral video that surfaced online a few days ago, showing him in a compromising state, with unclad lady at a private event.
In a brief and precise statement released by Shola, he owned up to the video and apologized to the general public and those who have been linked to the viral video.
He also stated categorically that he was mistaken for the son of a two-term governor of Kwara state and president of the 8th senate, Dr Olubukola Saraki, and apologized accordingly.
While condemning the reckless and insensitive guise of whoever may have leaked the video, he appealed to the general public to respect his privacy and of those that may have been affected by the malicious video, at this time.
He also vowed to deploy every legal means to bring those behind the circulation of the video, to book. Read his statement below;
“I, Shola Oniru am aware of a viral video circulating on the social media in which I am being mistaken for the son of the former Governor of Kwara State (and past President of the 8th Nigeria National Assembly) Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki, MBBS, CON
“This Public Notice is to correct this viral and false representation that has caused massive embarrassment to my family and the Saraki Family. I sincerely apologise to the former Governor, his son, the Saraki Family at large and my Family for the embarrassment and damage this episode has caused. The video was taken while I was at a private event with my friends and was never meant to be circulated.
“I condemn the circulation of the video and will explore all legal avenue to ensure those that circulated the video are brought to book.
“Finally, I implore the public to kindly respect the privacy of all persons that are affected by malicious circulation of the video”, he wrote.
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