After several attempt, the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has again been denied bail by UK court after being remanded over alleged organ harvesting.
The Central Criminal Court, London, also known as Old Bailey, in its pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, gave its verdict denying the bail on the grounds that he was a flight risk.
According to report, the court cited the letter and assets forfeiture proceedings against the senator by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
In the bail application, Ekweremadu’s lawyer had argued that the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and the Attorney-General of the Federal had written to the court that Ekweremadu was not a flight risk.
However, the prosecution insisted that Ekweremadu was a flight risk contending that as a holder of international passports from two other countries, the lawmaker could escape to any of the other countries asides from Nigeria.
The trial of the Ekweremadus will now begin on 31st January 2023.