BREAKING: UK Court Jail Ekweremadu, wife, doctor for organ trafficking charge
The Old Bailey Court in London, on Friday afternoon sentenced former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months in jail for plotting to harvest a man’s kidney for his sick daughter.
Meanwhile, 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 and his medical licence was also suspended.
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.
Their conviction was the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act.
Details later…….
