Ike Ekweremmadu and wife has been sentenced to 10 years and 6 years respectively for organ trafficking in the UK.
A UK court has sentenced Ike Ekweremadu to ten years in prison.
His wife was also sentenced to six years in prison, while the third person, Obinna Obeta, was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison.
Obeta, a medical doctor, was also deprived of his license to practice as a doctor in the UK.
Ekweremadu, Wife, Doctor Jailed For Organ Trafficking
The sentencing follows their conviction in March when they were found guilty of flying in a Nigerian man to obtain his kidney for the couple’s sick daughter, Sonia.
A judge at The Central Criminal Court, also known as the Old Bailey, has sentenced former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice and Doctor Obinna Obeta to jail.
At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Ekweremadu was jailed for nine years and eight months, his wife Beatrice was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment while Obeta received a 10-year prison term.
The sentencing follows their conviction in March for organ trafficking.
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 the Ekwemeradus’ sick daughter, 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.
The verdict is considered the first of its kind under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015.
