The court heard the prosecution needed permission to proceed because of jurisdiction issues, according to report.
“In respect of these offences, the (UK) Attorney General’s consent is required and the Crown require 14 days for that to be obtained,” Prosecutor Damla Ayas told the court.
Most of the alleged offences took place in the UK, magistrates heard.
The Ekweremadus, who were arrested two days ago, have been remanded in custody to appear at the same court on July 7.
The suspects were arrested at Heathrow airport on their way to Instabul. Reports claim they were planning to procure a kidney from a donor in Turkey, after their initial plan failed.
When arrested, Ekweremadu was said to be in possession of $20,000.
The lawmaker, a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, has been a senator since 2003. He served as Deputy President of the Senate from 2007 to 2019.
He was also recently made a visiting professor at the University of Lincoln.
Ekweremadu was recently in the news after saying the South-East region would not vote for the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, in 2023.
Before his comment on Obi, the embattled lawmaker withdrew from the 2023 governorship race in Enugu State after he failed to win the PDP’s ticket.
Ekweremadu was born on May 12 at Amachara Mpu in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State.
He holds both Bachelor and Masters’ degrees in law from the University of Nigeria and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987.