A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit against Ike Ekweremadu, the former Deputy Senate President, filed by David Ukpo, organ harvesting victim.
The court, on Wednesday, ruled that the applicant, Edo Civil Society Organisations (EDOSCO), lacked the legal right to institute the suit on Ukpo’s behalf.
Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, stated that the provision of article 3 (e) of the preamble to the fundamental rights (enforcement procedure) rules, 2009 (FREPR 2009), under which EDOSCO filed the suit, does not grant any person without legal personality the right to sue or be sued in the court.
“The counsel for the applicant knows this but cleverly avoided stating so on the face of the application and rather deposed to this fact in the affidavit in support,” the Judge added.
The court also agreed with the argument of the Ekweremadus that the prayers on the face of the motion paper were not prayers for the enforcement of fundamental rights. The judge said the prayers on the motion paper had become academic and did not require any answer, nor could the court grant same.
“The information required for which this court gave order has been utilised as the respondents/applicants (the Ekweremadus) stood trial and were convicted in May 2023,” the judge said.
This development comes after Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were convicted of conspiring to traffic a young man for organ harvesting under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act of 2015.
Ekweremadu was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison, while his wife received a four-year and six-month sentence.
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