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Alleged Organ Harvest: Peter Obi Expresses Solidarity with Ekweremadu, Wife

Matilda Omonaiye/

Despite their political differences, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in next year’s general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has sympathized with Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his family on their current travails.

Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were reportedly arrested in the UK on Tuesday on suspicion of trafficking a child to the UK with the intent of harvesting his organ.

The couple appeared in a UK Magistrates’ court yesterday and were remanded in police custody till July 7, when they will appear again in the same court.

NewsmakersNG learned that one of Ekweremadu’s daughters is sick and in need of a liver transplant and this had made it imperative for them to seek a kidney donor.

Obi in a tweet this morning on his verified Twitter handle expressed solidarity with the Ekweremadus in their travails and also prayed for healing for their daughter.

Obi wrote, “My family and I are with the Ekweremadu’s over their travail. We join all men of goodwill in praying for the healing of their daughter and commit them into God’s hand for justice to be done.”

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