The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the National Identification Management Commission, NIMC, to immediately submit the bio-data of David Ukpo, who accused the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, of sponsoring his trip abroad for the purpose of harvesting his organ, to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN.

The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, said Ukpo’s bio-data should be released to Malami for same to be transmitted to the court in the United Kingdom that is handling the trial of Ekweremadu and his wife.

It will be recalled that the court had on July 1, ordered NIMC to make available to Ekweremadu’s team of lawyers, the Certified True Copy, CTC, of Ukpo’s bio-data.

However, at the resumed proceedings on Wednesday, NIMC, through its lawyer, Mr Muazu Mohammed, notified the court that it could not comply with the order.

The Commission contended that it was not served with hearing notice before the said order was issued against it.

Though NIMC initially asked for the order to be set-aside, it later amended its motion and requested that it should rather be directed to submit Ukpo’s bio-data to the AGF instead of to Ekweremadu’s lawyers.

The request was not opposed by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, who represented Ekweremadu and his wife.

Consequently, Justice Ekwo granted the application as prayed.