Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has fixed November 9 to hear the motion seeking to regularise the suit seeking to declare Senate Ike Ekweremadu's seat vacant. Ekweremadu, one-time deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, who hails from Mpu community in the Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, is representing Enugu West senatorial district at the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly.
Nigerian Court Adjourns Suit Seeking To Declare Alleged Organ Trafficker, Senator Ekweremadu's Seat VacantEkweremadu and his wife, Beatrice are standing trial in the United Kingdom over an alleged conspiracy to harvest the organ of one David Ukpo.Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has fixed November 9 to hear the motion seeking to regularise the suit seeking to declare Senate Ike Ekweremadu's seat vacant.
The couple were arrested by the Specialist Crime Team of the Metropolitan Police in London in June 2022. Joined in the suit marked FHC/EN/CS/7/2022 as respondents are the Senate President, Clerk of the Senate, Peoples Democratic Party, National Chairman of PDP, the Independent National Electoral Commission , Senator Ike Ekweremadu himself and one other.
Ekweremadu at the PDP senatorial primary election, which took place at Awgu, Enugu State, on October 2, 2018, polled 690 votes to emerge as the winner, defeating his closest rivals, Mr. Isaac Okah, who got 84 votes. Onyema polled 61 votes to come third. In the counter-affidavit, Ekweremadu's lawyers argued that all defendants in the suit reside in Abuja, outside the territorial jurisdiction of the court.
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