Senator Ike Ekweremadu is still in detention in the UK over his involvement in an alleged organ transfer racket and Ohaneze Ndigbo wants the case transferred to Nigeria.
However, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federal government Abubakar Malami said the government would not interfere in the trial of the Senator and his wife Beatrice who was lucky to be granted bail.
The Publicity Secretary of the social-culture, Alex Ogbonnia said the government not buying into the case, is an indignity to the embattled Senator.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo believes that Ekweremadu’s case should not be different, especially when Nigeria enjoys longstanding cordial relations with the UK, and all the individuals involved in the UK case are Nigerian nationals.
“The Nigerian Government and indeed all Nigerians should know that a measured indignity to Ike Ekweremadu, an illustrious Igbo and a serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a sad denouement to Nigeria and indeed the entire Africa.
“We urge the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari and Mr. Geffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Nigeria High Commission in the UK, the Senate and House of Representatives to burnish their diplomatic channels in ensuring that Ekweremadu and wife get the desired assistance by transferring the case to Nigeria.”
