Beatrice Nwanneka, the wife of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has been granted bail, according to the Daily Mail of the UK.
The 55-year-old woman was, alongside her husband, accused of plotting to traffic a 21-year-old homeless man into the United Kingdom to harvest a kidney for their daughter, who suffers from kidney failure.
Both Ekweremadu and his wife appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday for a bail hearing. However, while the wife was granted bail, the husband was denied bail.
According to the report, 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.”
Prosecutors are not appealing the decision, the court heard.
This article was updated 2 months ago
