BREAKING: Ekweremadu, Wife, Doctor Jailed For Organ Trafficking
The United Kingdom Court has sentenced former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot.
At a sentencing hearing on Friday, a judge at The Central Criminal Court, also known as the Old Bailey, sentenced Ekweremadu’s wife Beatrice to four years and six months imprisonment while Obeta received a 10-year prison term, with his medical licence suspended.
The sentencing follows their conviction in March for organ trafficking. The Ekweremadus’ sick daughter, Sonia, was cleared of any wrongdoing.
The three were found guilty after arranging or facilitating a young Nigerian man’s travel into the United Kingdom in a bid to obtain his kidney on behalf of Sonia.
The jury said Ekweremadu, his wife and their doctor criminally conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney.
The verdict is considered the first of its kind under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015.
