These, undoubtedly are not the best of times for former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu as a United Kingdom (UK) court has denied him bail.
However, the UK court granted his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu bail.
Recall that Ekweremadu and his wife were accused of trafficking a young man from Nigeria to the UK for the purpose of harvesting his kidney.
Both Ekweremadu and his wife were accused of plotting to traffic the 21-year-old to transplant his organs to their daughter who is suffering from kidney failure.
Meanwhile, Ekweremadu and his wife appeared at the Old Bailey for a bail hearing, the court denied him bail but that of his wife was granted.
The Common Serjeant of London, Judge Richard Marks, said; “The position is that I have granted bail to Beatrice subject to some fairly stringent conditions, but I have refused bail to Ike.”