Leaders of top south-eastern groups have expressed divided opinions over the move of the Federal Government to transfer a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, from a United Kingdom correctional facility to a Nigerian custodial centre.
While some queried the plan which they said was meant to boost President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election chances, others said motives did not matter.
The embattled senator was convicted in the UK for organ trafficking.
Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were arrested by the London Metropolitan Police in June 2022 after a man was presented as a cousin to their daughter, Sonia, in an attempt to facilitate a kidney transplant for her.
The incident led to their conviction under the UK Modern Slavery Act in 2023.
While Ekweremadu was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison, his wife received four years and six months jail term.
Beatrice was released earlier this year and has since returned to Nigeria.
However, President Bola Tinubu sent a high-level delegation to London to discuss the case of the former Deputy Senate President.
PUNCH Online reported that the Federal Government was seeking arrangements that would allow Ekweremadu to serve the remainder of his sentence in Nigeria.
The delegation, led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, met with officials of the UK Ministry of Justice to discuss Ekweremadu’s incarceration and the possibility of allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence in Nigeria.
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