Organ Harvesting: Ekweremadu’s Detention in the UK Was Caused By The EFCC

Ike Ekweremadu, a troubled former vice president of the senate, charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, on Thursday of maintaining his imprisonment in the UK.

The Senator, who has been detained in London on suspicion of organ harvesting, testified before the Federal High Court that the EFCC sent a letter to the London court, which caused the foreign court to deny the senator’s application for release.

The charges made by Ekweremadu were included in an application he submitted to a Nigerian court, asking the judge to throw aside an interim decision that had been made in favor of the Federal Government, forfeiting 40 of his assets both within and outside of Nigeria.

The ex-Deputy Senate President stated in the application submitted by his attorney, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), that the EFCC withheld information and facts pertaining to the assets, hence the forfeiture order was improperly issued to the Federal Government.

The imprisoned Senator said, specifically, that the EFCC had deceitfully secured the forfeiture judgment for the government by hiding the fact that the 40 properties were the subject of an inquiry dating back to 2008.

He claimed that the EFCC knew he was being held in London when the application for forfeiture of the assets was made and contended, among other things.

He said that the anti-graft organization purposefully chose not to inform the court about his imprisonment in London so that they could not challenge the request for forfeiture.

Therefore, Ekweremadu asked the court to reverse the forfeiture ruling and halt further action in the case until he is through with his struggle with the London Court.