Few days after a former Senate Deputy President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu said the Southeast would not vote for Peter Obi in 2023, he and his wife, Beatrice have been arrested in United Kingdom over alleged conspiracy to harvest the organs of a child.
According to Sky News, the two suspects were arrested but the child has been taken into protective custody. “Two people have been charged with conspiring to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest organs”, the Metropolitan Police said.
“Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, have been remanded in custody and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court today. Charges were brought against the pair, who are from Nigeria, following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime team.
“A child has now been safeguarded. The investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022,” the force said.
The former Deputy Senate President had few days ago declared that the South-East region would not vote for the presidential candidate of Labour Party(LP) Peter Obi in 2023.
Ekweremadu, in the now-viral undated video said the South East cannot take the risk of voting for Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election. He stated the region would rather vote for the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and support the PDP because its vice-presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa is from the region.
Although his comments drew widespread reactions, many youths especially on social media believe that Obi is a Third Force to end the popularity of APC and PDP in 2023.
Ekweremadu said: “I assure you that South East will vote for the People Democratic Party (PDP). I can guarantee that. No doubt Peter Obi is our son, but you need to be dynamic.
“You need to ask yourself, can Peter win the presidential election? Can the East afford to throw away their votes? Can we afford to be sentimental in matters that concern our people, our children, and our future? No.
“We do not intend to do a thing which we will regret in future. So, while we believe that Peter is ably qualified, we believe that the future of our people lies with PDP. So, we need to make that decision as the leaders. I am going to sit with our people and explain to them.”
“Okowa, of course, is one of us, so there is no difference between Okowa and Peter in terms of protecting the interest of the South. So, we will go and give the people of the South East that opportunity.”
