The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have been ordered to release the information of David Nwamini, to former deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice.
Also ordered to release the bank details of Nwamini are two commercial banks namely the United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Stanbic IBTC.
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court gave the order in Abuja on Friday, July 1.
The Ekweremadus are currently being detained by the United Kingdom authorities over allegations of conspiring to bring a child to Britain for organ harvesting.
Following their arrest by the London Metropolitan Police, the due appeared before a UK court which ordered that they should be remanded in custody till July 7 while investigations continue into the allegations against them.
Although the police said Nwamini is 15, the NIS said it issued an international passport indicating his age as 21 after due process.
In a bid to clear his clients of the allegations, the Ekweremadus through their counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo approached the court in Abuja seeking an order directing the NIMC to produce the Certified True Copy of the biodata of David Ukpo Nwamini.
Awomolo had prayed the court that Nwamini’s National Identification Number (NIN), which is in the possession of the NIMC, should be produced for the purpose of facilitating the criminal investigation and tendering same to establish his client’s innocence.
He asked that the Comptroller General of NIS be directed to provide his clients with the documents and application form which Nwamini presented to obtain his international passport, for the purpose of assisting the criminal investigation and tendering same before the Uxbridge Magistrate Court in the UK.
The SAN had also prayed the court for an order directing Stanbic IBTC Bank and UBA to provide the Certified True Copy of Nwamini’s mandate card and account opening package in their custody.
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