Organ Harvesting: Court Grants Ike Ekweremadu’s Wife Bail, Holds Senator
A London court has granted Beatrice, bail while Ike Ekweremadu on the other hand was denied bail.
Joy Kalu 
In a United Kingdom, UK, the court has granted former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice bail.
Recall, that Ekweremadu and his wife were accused of trafficking a young Nigerian to the UK to harvest his kidney.
They were accused of plotting to traffic the 21-year-old to transplant his organs to their daughter who suffers from kidney failure.
Ekweremadu and his wife appeared at the Old Bailey for a bail hearing.
While the court denied Ekweremadu bail, that of his wife was granted.
The Common Serjeant of London, Judge Richard Marks, granted Beatrice bail under stringent conditions.
The judge said: “The position is that I have granted bail to Beatrice subject to some fairly stringent conditions, but I have refused bail to Ike.”
According to the UK-based Daily Mail, Beatrice was charged with arranging or facilitating the travel of another person with a view to exploitation, between August 1 last year and May 5, under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
While the husband, Ike Ekweremadu was charged with conspiracy to arrange or facilitate the travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting
