In response to the imprisonment of former Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in the United Kingdom, the Ebonyi State Government has said that it is in contact with the family of David Okemini Ukpo right now.
Recall that Sonia, Ekweremadu’s daughter, is purportedly suffering from kidney failure, and Ekweremadu arranged for Ukpo to come to the UK to give a kidney.
Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice were apprehended and taken into custody by the Metropolitan Authority of the UK, however, for allegedly bringing Ukpo into the nation with the intent to harvest organs.
In reaction to the problems, the Ebonyi State Government said in a statement from the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji, that it supports Ekweremadu’s family during this trying time.
“While we urge the UK Government to act progressively and meticulously and critically look at the intention (Mens rea) and the minds of the detained family and please give them the benefit of the doubt, we enjoin the public, especially those with shades of opinions and surge of anxieties to remain calm as we hope to see light at the end of the tunnel.
“The State Government is reaching out to the family of David Okemini Ukpo from Ebonyi State, whose information to the Metropolitan Authority of UK orchestrated the criminal charge incidented against the Distinguished Senator and his wife.
“The State Government stands with Senator Ike Ekweremadu at this trial moment and hopes that the truth and nothing but the truth shall guide the outcome of the matter”.
Ukpo was not a minor, contrary to what the Metropolitan had earlier claimed, according to a declaration made by the Secretary to the State Government, Kenneth Ugbala, to the British High Commission in Abuja and the Nigerian High Commission in London.
The declaration claims that Ukpo’s younger brother, who he (Ukpo) was living with, is older than 20.
The young man was reportedly 22 years old, according to a document that newsmen had previously seen.
