Ike Ekweremadu: Organ Trafficking Plot Politician And Wife Jailed Alongside Doctor
Ike Ekweremadu: Organ Trafficking Plot Politician And Wife Jailed Alongside Doctor
A wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and their “middleman” have been jailed for an organ-trafficking plot, after bringing a man to the UK from Lagos.
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, wanted the organ for their 25-year-old daughter Sonia, the couple’s trial at the Old Bailey heard.
The pair and Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were convicted previously of conspiring to exploit the man for his kidney. It is said to be the first of such case under modern slavery laws.
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Ike Ekweremadu, who was described by the judge as the “driving force throughout”, was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison.
Dr Obeta was sentenced to 10 years after the judge found he had targeted the potential donor who was young, poor and vulnerable.
Beatrice Ekweremadu was jailed for four years and six months due to her more limited involvement.
During a televised sentence hearing, Mr Justice Johnson recognized Ike Ekweremadu’s “substantial fall from grace”.
He said: “People-trafficking across international borders for the harvesting of human organs is a form of slavery.”
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