The Nigerian High Commission has secured the services of lawyers to defend former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, in the United Kingdom (UK) on the allegation of organ harvesting for which he is being prosecuted with his wife by the British Metropolitan police.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, after a closed-door session of the Senate on Wednesday, had declared: “I had a personal engagement with our Nigerian High Commissioner to Britain, Alhaji Isola Sarafa, who has done so well to establish contact with our colleague, who has been able to get his team to be in the court at Uxbridge where Ekweremadu was taken to.
“The High Commission has also been able to provide some consular services that include the engagement of some lawyers who will defend our colleague.
“We commend them for giving attention to the issue at stake. Equally, the Nigeria Foreign Affairs Minister has been engaged here, so that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes steps to provide diplomatic support for our colleague.
“Because this issue is already in court, we have limited opportunity to discuss beyond what we have done so far.
“But I want to ensure the family of our colleague, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and Nigerians, that the Senate will continue to engage with our ministry of foreign affairs as well as our high commission in London.
“The High Commission has done so much but we still expect that it will continue to provide any other further consular services.”
The Senate had earlier resolved to send a delegation, comprising of members of the Senate Committee of Foreign Affairs, to visit Ekweremadu in the UK.