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Just in: Ekweremadu, wife bag jail terms for organ trafficking

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May 5, 2023

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Olusegun Odunewu

Organ Trafficking: Senate joins Reps to seek clemency for Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice

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The United Kingdom Court has sentenced former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for organ trafficking plot.

READ ALSO: Organ Trafficking: Senate joins Reps to seek clemency for Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice

The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years six months while the medical doctor who acted as a ‘middleman’ in the plot, Dr Obinna Obeta, was sentenced 10 years with his medical licence suspended.

The court had earlier found them guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with the intent to exploit him.

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