Organ Harvesting: UK Court Sentence Ike Ekweremadu To Nine Years, Eight Months In Prison
Senator Ike Ekweremadu has been sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison.
His wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu, was jailed for four years and six months while their “middleman”, Dr. Obinna Obeta, was also sentenced to 10 years in prison.
They were found guilty of the first offense of conspiracy to arrange/facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation – namely organ harvesting – Section 2 Modern Slavery Act 2015 after they brought a 21-year-old street trader to the UK from Lagos to provide a kidney for their sick daughter, Sonia.
During the sentencing on Friday, Mr. Justice Johnson told the defendants: “In each of your cases the offense you committed is so serious that neither a fine nor a community sentence can be justified.”
The case marked the first time defendants have been convicted under the Modern Slavery Act of an organ harvesting conspiracy, Sky News reports.
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