Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have dragged the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others to Federal High Court, Abuja, over the controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s actual age.
The court case marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022, dated and filed June 27, also mentioned the Comptroller General (C-G), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc as 2nd to 5th respondents, respectively.
KEMI FILANI NEWS recalls that Ekweremadu and his wife were remanded in the UK on Thursday for alleged conspiracy to facilitate the travel of Ukpo, suspected to be a minor, for organ harvesting.
The couple, however, denied the allegations, and the court adjourned till July 7 for a hearing.
In the summons filed by their counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, before Justice Inyang Ekwo, the Ekweremadus asked the court for an order directing the NIMC to supply them with the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the biodata information of David Nwamini Ukpo.
The applicants said Ukpo’s National Identification Number (NIN):19438077110, which is in possession of the agency, should be produced for the purpose of facilitating the criminal investigation and tender same to establish their innocence concerning Ukpo’s age in the criminal charges against them before the Uxbridge Magistrate Court.
The Ekweremadus also sought an order directing the NIS C-G to supply the applicants with the documents and application form of David Nwamini Ukpo in possession of the 2nd respondent presented for the issuance of International passport No. BO0569974 for the purpose of assisting the criminal investigation and issuing same before the Uxbridge Magistrate Court, UK, until July 7 in the alleged criminal charge brought against the applicants.
According to Awomolo, the documents would support the applicants in their defence and establish their innocence of the charges in the interest of justice.
Also, Bright Ekweremadu, the elder brother of the lawmaker, in the affidavit deposed to, said Ukpo informed the couple that he was 21 years old, having been born in the year 2000 and was ready to help Sonia.
Justice Ekwo fixed July 1 for a hearing of the matter.
