Ekweremadu bags 10 years imprisonment for organ trafficking in UK

A former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu has been sentenced to nine years and eight months in jail for plotting to harvest a man’s kidney for his sick daughter.

This was according to a UK court ruling on Friday, May 5, 2023.

Similarly, Ekweremadu’s wife Beatrice was handed four years, six months sentence while Obinna Obeta, a medical doctor got a 10 years’ sentence for the same offence.

Recall the trio of Ekweremadu, Beatrice and Obeta were convicted of conspiracy to arrange the travel of a young Nigerian man who was identified as David Nwamini to Britain in order to exploit him for his kidney.

The organ was needed for Ekweremadu’s sick daughter, Sonia.

Their trial lasted for six weeks and conviction at the Old Bailey, London’s Central Criminal Court, is expected today.

The Prosecutor, Hugh Davies told the jury that the behaviour of Ekweremadu showed “entitlement, dishonesty and hypocrisy”.

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