A British court has sentenced Ike Ekweremadu to nearly 10 years’ “imprisonment for human organ trafficking.
His wife Beatrice Ike Ekweremadu was handed four years, six months sentence while Obinna Obeta, a medical doctor got a 10 years sentence for the same offence.
British journalist Chris Summers shared the news via his Twitter handle Friday afternoon.
Ike #ekweremadu sentenced to 10 years 6 months in jail (1/2)— Total Crime (@totalcrime)May 5, 2023Click to accept marketing cookies and enable this content
They were sentenced at London’s Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey under the Modern Slavery Act.
Video convicting Ike Ekweremadu
The trio were in March convicted for trafficking a young Nigerian, David Ukpo, to the United Kingdom, for the purpose of harvesting his kidney for Sonia Ekweremadu, the daughter of the top Nigerian senator.
Details later.
