Ike Ekweremadu Sentenced To 10 Years in Prison For Organ Trafficking

Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta,  have been jailed for conspiring 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. The organ was needed for Ike Ekweremadu’s sick daughter, Sonia.

At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Ike Ekweremadu was jailed for nine years and eight months, his wife Beatrice was sentenced to four years and six months in prison, while Obinna Obeta received a 10-year prison term.

It was alleged the 21-year-old street trader was to be rewarded for donating the organ to Sonia Ekweremadu, in an £80,000 private procedure at London’s Royal Free Hospital.

The case marked the first time defendants have been convicted under the Modern Slavery Act of an organ harvesting conspiracy.