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“Shocking Arrest: Ex-Nigerian Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and Wife Linked to Organ Harvesting Scandal”
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“Shocking Arrest: Ex-Nigerian Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and Wife Linked to Organ Harvesting Scandal”

The considerable scope of the law has apprehended former Nigerian deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, along with his partner Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu. The couple was arrested in the United Kingdom on charges of alleged human organ trafficking. According to the Metropolitan Police Press Release, the Ekweremadus were today, Thursday, June 23, accused of scheming to arrange the travel of a minor into the UK for the purpose of organ extraction. “The charges arise from an investigation carried out by the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime unit. [A] Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55 (10.9.66) of Nigeria is accused of conspiring to coordinate/facilitate the travel of another person with the intent of exploitation, particularly organ harvesting. [B] Ike Ekweremadu,...
Breaking: DSS explains why bandits’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu was arrested at Kano airport
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Breaking: DSS explains why bandits’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu was arrested at Kano airport

The Department of State Services (DSS) has clarified the reasons behind the apprehension of Tukur Mamu, the principal negotiator between armed groups and captives of the Kaduna-bound train, by its agents at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. NAIJATAB NEWS had previously reported that Mamu was seized along with his family members in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, and subsequently transported back to Nigeria. Mamu indicated that he was taken into custody and held at the Cairo International Airport for a duration of 24 hours while traveling to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj. The DSS personnel picked up the Kaduna-based publisher and his relatives immediately upon their arrival at the Kano airport this afternoon and transferred them to Abuja. The DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, ...