Ike Ekweremmadu Archives

Jan

22

2025

Former Deputy Senate President’s Wife Returns to Nigeria After UK Prison Release

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Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria after being released from a UK prison. She was sentenced to six years in prison for her involvement in a plot to harvest a young Nigerian man's kidney for their daughter, Sonia, who needed a transplant. Beatrice and her husband were convicted under the UK's Modern Slavery Act, with Ike receiving a 10-year sentence. The case sparked widespread debate about the ethics of organ donation and the desperation of families dealing with life-threatening illnesses. Beatrice's release and return to Nigeria have been met with celebration…

Obasanjo writes UK court to temper justice with mercy on Ike Ekweremadu.

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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has written to the Chief Clerk of the Central Criminal Court in London to temper justice with mercy over the conviction of former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. Ekweremadu and his wife, alongside Nigerian doctor Obinna Obeta, were recently found guilty of attempted organ harvesting of a Nigerian trafficked to Britain to provide a kidney for their ailing daughter. However, Obasanjo, in a letter dated April 3, 2023 and addressed to the Chief Clerk of the court titled “Re: Ike Ekweremadu,” said even though Ekweremadu’s action was condemnable and unacceptable, he has contributed his quota to…

Organ Harvest Saga: ‘I thought I was being scammed’ – Ekweremadu

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Embattled former deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, accused of plotting to exploit a man for his kidney, told a London court that he thought he was being ‘scammed’ by doctors. Ekweremadu, 60, is accused of conspiring to facilitate a man's travel to Britain to use him as an organ donor for his sick daughter. A 21-year-old street trader from Lagos was to be paid up to £7,000 in exchange for a kidney, the Old Bailey court heard. He was promised opportunities in the UK to help Ekweremadu’s daughter. Mr Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia, 25, and medical…