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Organ trafficking: UK court sentences Ike Ekweremadu to 10 years in prison, his wife bags four years and six months
The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years and six months jail term.
Recall that on March 23, the court found Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta, guilty of trafficking a trader from Nigeria to the UK to harvest his organ, a crime under the United Kingdom Modern Slavery act 2015. READ HERE ICYMI
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The jury held that they conspired to bring the 21-year-old to London to exploit him for his kidney.
The verdict is the first of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the UK.
Ike Ekweremadu is a Nigerian politician and a lawyer who hails from Enugu State who has served in the Senate of Nigeria since June 2003.
He is a member of the People’s Democratic Party, and was the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate for three consecutive senate
