The United Kingdom court on Friday sentenced former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for organ trafficking plot.
The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years six months while the medical doctor who act as a ‘middleman’ in the plot, Dr Obinna Obeta, was sentenced 10 years and his medical licence was also suspended.
Recall that the one time Nigerian number three citizen has been standing trial in the United Kingdom for organ trafficking since last year after he was arrested at the Heathrow Airport by police in the country.
There have been overtures and entreaties to the UK government by influential personalities like former president Olusegun Obasanjo and regional bodies like ECOWAS for clemency and leniency in punishment.
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