Ekweremadu sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for organ trafficking | TheCable

BREAKING: Ekweremadu sentenced to 10 years in prison for organ trafficking | TheCable

Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, has been sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison for organ trafficking.Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice, was sentenced to four years and six months in jail,On March 23, the jury pronounced a guilty verdict on the senator, Beatrice, and Obinna Obeta, a doctor who acted as the middleman.The jury held that they conspired to bring the 21-year-old at the centre of the matter to London to exploit him for his kidney.

He added that they entered an “emotionally cold commercial transaction” with the 21-year-old, offering him up to £7,000 in reward. Sonia, Ekweremadu’s 25-year-old daughter, did not enter any defence after presenting the court with a medical report claiming she is unfit for trial. She was not convicted.

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