Top Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has urged the Federal Government to mediate in the alleged attempted organ harvesting case of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
They also pleaded that the government should seek to transfer the case home.
It knocked a claim made by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, that the Federal Government could not interfere in Ekweremadu’s plight.
Note that last Thursday, Malami said “it has never been the tradition of the Nigerian government to interfere in anything judicial, local or international”.
But Ohanaeze disagreed, saying the Federal Government could intervene in Ekweremadu’s matter because “sovereigns usually interfere to save their citizens in foreign countries”.
In a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesman Alex Ogbonnia, the group argued that Ekweremadu’s case was different because he had made full disclosure to the UK High Commission that the donor, Mr. David Ukpo was undergoing medical investigations for a kidney donation to his daughter
It argued further that Ekweremadu’s full disclosure was proof of non-criminal intent.
Faulting Malami’s stance, Ohanaeze Ndigbo cited several instances where Nigeria, the United States, and the United Kingdom intervened in their citizens’ international legal battles.
