The trial of Nigeria’s former deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, will not hold on Monday, October 31, as earlier scheduled.
The Punch reports that the Central Criminal Court popularly known as Old Bailey, United Kingdom, said that Ekweremadu and his wife’s plea and trial over organ trafficking already scheduled will not hold.
Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice were charged alongside Dr Obinna Obeta over an allegation of plans to make payment for the procurement of an organ for their daughter, Sonia.
The trio were said to have made moves to purchase the organ from one David Nwamini for Sonia Ekeremadu.
Arrested at Heathrow Airport, the court said it will not be sitting due to the non-availability of Sonia, whose case was established.
A report said: “The court official didn’t categorically say whether the Ekweremadus’ sickly graduate daughter, Sonia, is now a defendant in the case, for which her parents were arrested.
“The Old Bailey official said they won’t have to wait for long, as the “case will be re-listed for sometime during the week.”
A court official who spoke on the matter noted that although Monday, October 31, 2022, was fixed when the couple and their co-defendant appeared before the judge on August 4, Sonia wasn’t listed in the hearing then.
The official said that the judge presiding over the matter would not be hearing the case because there is no counsel for Sonia.
