Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice, his wife and Doctor Obinna Obeta, have all been sentenced to jail by a Judge at the Central Criminal Court (The Old Bailey).
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On Friday, at a sentencing hearing, Ekweremadu was jailed for nine years and eight months, his wife, Beatrice, was jailed for four years and six months, Doctor Obeta was slammed with a 10-year prison term.
The sentencing is coming after their conviction in March for organ trafficking.
According to channelstv.com:
The sentencing follows their conviction in March for organ trafficking. The Ekweremadus’ sick daughter, Sonia, was cleared of any wrongdoing.
The three were found guilty after arranging or facilitating a young Nigerian man’s travel into the United Kingdom in a bid to obtain his kidney on behalf of Sonia.
The jury said Ekweremadu, his wife and their doctor criminally conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney.
