Court Orders Immigration, Others To Release Ukpo’s Biodata To Ekweremadu, Wife

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Identify Management Commission (NIMC) and some banks to release the biodata information of David Nwamini Ukpo to the detained former Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice.

Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order in a ruling on Friday after listening to the lawyer to Ekweremadu and his wife, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN).

Ekweremadu and his wife had in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022 urged the court to among others, order the defendants to supply them with the certified true copies (CTC) of David Nwamini Ukpo’s biodata information in their care to aid their (plaintiffs) defence in their trial before a United Kingdom Magistrates’ Court, where they are accused of plotting to harvest Ukpo’s organ (kidney).

Other defendants in the suit are: the Comptroller General (C-G), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) Plc.

At the mention of the case on Friday, Awomolo withdrew against NIBSS, following which Justice Ekwo struck its name off the suit.