Tinubu Sends Powerful Delegation to UK in Fresh Move to Free Senator Ike Ekweremadu

• President Tinubu has sent a high-level delegation to London to discuss the continued detention of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, convicted in 2023 for organ trafficking.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-level Nigerian delegation to the United Kingdom to engage officials of the UK Ministry of Justice on the ongoing detention of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

The delegation, led by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, held talks with senior officials in London as part of renewed diplomatic efforts to address the legal and consular issues surrounding Ekweremadu’s incarceration.

Following their meeting at the Ministry of Justice, the team was received by Ambassador Mohammed Maidugu, Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, at the Nigerian High Commission in London.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ayekooto Akindele, confirmed the visit in a Facebook post on Monday, sharing footage of the delegation’s arrival in the UK.

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Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Deputy Senate President, has been in British custody since March 2023 after being convicted of organ trafficking.

He, his wife Beatrice, and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of conspiring to arrange the travel of a 21-year-old Nigerian man, David Nwanini, to the UK with the intent to harvest his kidney for their ailing daughter, Sonia.

In May 2023, the Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court sentenced Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months in prison, while Beatrice received four years and six months, and Dr. Obeta was sentenced to ten years.

Beatrice was released in early 2025 and has since returned to Nigeria, but her husband remains in custody, serving out his sentence.

Sources say the Nigerian government’s latest diplomatic move underscores its continuing efforts to engage the UK authorities over the matter, though details of the discussions have not yet been made public.