The Federal High Court in Abuja has set December 5 as the decision date for the kidney donor case of David Ukpo.
Ukpo had filed a case asking the court to reverse orders issued on July 1 and July 6 that gave access to his biodata to the former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice.
After the attorneys for the parties to the lawsuit adopted their procedures and presented their arguments, Justice Inyang Ekwo set the date.
According to The News Agency of Nigeria, Ukpo requested that the court reverse the orders directing some government entities and banks to give Ekweremadu and his wife access to his biodata in a motion on notice with the file number FHC/ABJ/CS/984/202.
The National Identity Management Commission was listed as the first respondent in the application by Ukpo, who joined the Ekweremadus as applicants/respondents in the motion.
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc, the Comptroller General, the Nigeria Immigration Service, Stanbic-IBTC Bank, United Bank of Africa, and other parties are also named in the motion as the second through fifth respondents. Still, the fifth party was later dropped from the charge.
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Giving in to the couple’s request, according to Ukpo, who is currently in the United Kingdom in connection with the alleged organ harvesting charge against the Ekweremadus, would violate his fundamental privacy rights as stipulated by Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
However, the applicants claimed in a counter affidavit that Ukpo was not entitled to the requested reliefs because such a thing was prohibited by law. Bright Ekweremadu, the ex-Deputy Senate President’s younger brother, was the witness.
Their attorney, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, dated and submitted the counter affidavit on September 8.
Bright asserted in a 20-point argument that even though the court rendered its decision on July 1, Ukpo’s right to a fair hearing was not violated.
