A Nigerian senator has been charged with plotting to seduce a British man.
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, were arraigned before the Uxbridge Magistrate's Court in West London on Thursday.
The 15-year-old, who was allegedly taken to London for autopsy, was handed over to a foster home. London Police say authorities are doing their best to take care of him.
The court heard that Mr Ekweremadu, a politician and lawyer, had once served as the Vice President of the Nigerian Senate.
'Seek the permission of Antoni Janar'
The court was told that the suspects live in Nigeria but have a family in London. They are accused of conspiring to smuggle the child into the UK in an attempt to remove part of his body.
A court official asked for the addresses of the two men, who they said lived in: "Nigeria".
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The court heard that the charges could not be prosecuted without the consent of Antoni Janar due to a court case.
Prosecutor Damla Ayas told the court: "In light of these allegations against these people, the permission of Antoni General is required and the court needs 14 days to obtain this permission."
The Magistrate's Court has heard that almost all the crimes against Senator Ekkeremadu and his youth have been committed in the UK. The senator and his wife have been remanded in custody until their remand in court on July 7.
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Mr Ekweremadu, who was recently appointed as a visiting professor at Lincoln University, has three times served as the Vice President of the Nigerian Senate, from 2007 to 2019.
He is a member of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) and has been a senator since 2003.
London's special police team has launched an investigation into the incident after a woman told her that a man was about to remove and then the body of a child.
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A spokesman for the University of Lincoln said: “Most part-time professors do not live in the universities where they work and are not paid, and it is just a position of counsel.
"We are very concerned about the nature of the allegations against him but this is a matter of police investigation, so we will not comment on it at this stage."
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