Nigeria, Nov. 12 -- President Bola Tinubu is seeking to facilitate the transfer of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu from a prison in the United Kingdom to Nigeria.

On Monday, a high-level delegation from Nigeria was sent to the UK to meet with British authorities.

The delegation, which included Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, met with officials at the UK Ministry of Justice in London.

A video clip of the team in the UK went viral online.

Mr Tuggar's spokesperson, Alkasim Abdulkadir, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that the delegation met with British authorities to discuss options for Mr Ekweremadu to serve the rest of his jail term in Niger...