With regard to the detention of Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, in the United Kingdom for alleged organ harvesting, the Nigerian Senate has taken further steps to intervene.

Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice were arrested last week and then charged with conspiracy to steal organs before the Uxbridge Magistrate Court in London.

But on Wednesday, the national assembly’s upper house debated the issues raised by the senator and his wife’s imprisonment.

The legislators organized a powerful delegation that would travel abroad to speak with the Nigerian High Commission in London to obtain briefings on the controversial subject.

President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan while addressing the press shortly after the plenary said the delegation of the Upper Chamber would be made up of members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs led by Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, Bauchi North.

Lawan noted that the Senate will continue to engage the Nigerian High Commission on the matter relating to Ekweremadu, adding that he had a robust engagement with the Nigerian High Commissioner, Ambassador Ishola Sarafadeen on the alleged organ harvesting, adding that as Senators, they will continue to support their colleague.

Lawan commended the High Commissioner and his team for their response to the colleague.

The 2023 presidential aspirant stressed that the High Commission has been providing all Consular Services including the engagement of lawyers to defend Ekweremadu and his wife.

He again assured Ekweremadu’s family that the senate would provide the embattled senator and his wife all the support they needed in their present predicament.

“Because the issue is already in court, there a limit to which we can say on the matter. We assure the family we will continue to do our best to support him,” Lawan said.