The trial of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been adjourned till Monday, October 31 by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London, United Kingdom.

Ekweremadu requested a new counsel/ representation in a request made to the court on Wednesday, August 3. Ekweremadu was also in court on Thursday for his trial.

The chairman of the Senate’s foreign affairs committee, Adamu Bulkachuwa, was in court to support Ekweremadu.

The prosecution had asked that the former Deputy Senate President remain in detention before the session ended in order to expedite the case’s trial.

Ekweremadu is being tried over the organ harvesting case involving the supposed kidney donor, David Nwamini Ukpo.

Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were arrested by UK authorities, accusing them of trafficking a minor to the UK to harvest his kidney.

It was, however, clarified that the victim was not a minor but 21 years old after his credentials were released.

The lawmaker and his wife were accused of planning to traffic the victim to the UK to transplant his organs to their daughter who suffers from kidney failure.

Since their arrest, Ekweremadu and his wife have been kept in detention for the crime.

On Monday of last week, the former deputy senate president and his wife appeared at a bail hearing at the Old Bailey.

Senator Ekweremadu was denied release, but the court granted bail to the wife.