A court in the United Kingdom (UK) has sentenced former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria Ike Ekweremadu to nine years, eight months in prison for organ trafficking plot.
The court also sentenced his wife Beatrice to four years Six months while his doctor who helped as medical middleman, Dr Obinna Obeta got 10 years while his medical license was suspended.
This came after Ekweremadu, his wife and Obeta were convicted of organ trafficking plot in March 2022. They were accused of bringing a 21-year-old man from Lagos to the UK to harvest his organ.
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were convicted of conspiring to exploit the man of his kidney. It is the first of such case in the UK.
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