Kayode Ajulo, a renowned lawyer has urged those pleading pardon for embattled Senator Ike Ekweremadu to seize the opportunity of the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday to do so.
Ajulo made the assertion while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday.
According to him, he believes the letters were done “erroneously” as their actions could pass for trying to interfere in the court processes.
Recall that Ekweremadu his wife Beatrice as well as their accomplice doctor, Obinna Obeta was convicted by the Central Criminal Court in London of organ trafficking in March, and we’re thus sentenced to prison.
Truth Live News had reported that several high-profile bodies and individuals including the Senate, House of Reps, ECOWAS Parliament, and former President Olusegun Obasanjo among others wrote to the court asking the court to grant Ekweremadu pardon.
The lawyer noted that, “Now that Ekweremadu has been sentenced, this is the time to do that (ask for pardon). Tomorrow King Charles III will be coronated as the King of England, as the Head of State.
His words: “There is what is called royal prerogative for pardon, I believe anybody that wants to write a letter, anybody that wants to make a plea for Ekweremadu, this is the best time to ask the sovereignty of the United Kingdom; that is His Majesty King Charles III to pardon Ekweremadu.
“The precedent has been there since as far back as 1717, King George did the same. In 2003 and even as close as 2021, the same thing happened. Sovereign can do that and I believe that is the plea we need to do for Ekweremadu, not to be writing and interfering with the conduct of the court.”
Passing his judgement on Friday, the judge sentenced Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months in prison, his wife Beatrice, four years and six months imprisonment while Obeta received a 10-year prison term.