{"id":266745,"date":"2023-05-04T23:33:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=266745"},"modified":"2023-05-04T23:33:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:33:34","slug":"organ-harvesting-ekweremadu-2-others-to-be-sentenced-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/05\/04\/organ-harvesting-ekweremadu-2-others-to-be-sentenced-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Organ Harvesting: Ekweremadu, 2 others to be sentenced Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and their middleman medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, will receive their sentence on Friday, May 5, 2023, following their their conviction for organ trafficking in March, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act.<\/p>\n<p>Ekweremadu, 60, his wife, Beatrice, 56 and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were convicted of conspiracy to arrange the travel of a young man, addressed as David Nwamini to Britain in order to exploit him for his kidney, which was needed for the Enugu West lawmaker\u2019s sick daughter, Sonia.<\/p>\n<p>After a six-week trial and conviction at the Old Bailey, London\u2019s Central Criminal Court, the Ekweremadus and their doctor might face a harsh reality of a possible 10-year jail terms for violating the Modern Slavery Act.<\/p>\n<p>The judge, Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson, will pass the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the prosecutor Hugh Davies KC told the court that the Ekweremadus and Obeta had treated the man and other potential donors as \u201cdisposable assets \u2013 spare parts for reward\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said they entered an \u201cemotionally cold commercial transaction\u201d with the man.<\/p>\n<p>Davies told the jury that the behaviour of Ekweremadu showed \u201centitlement, dishonesty and hypocrisy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/05\/02\/reps-write-uk-govt-demand-sympathy-for-ekweremadu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ekweremadu<\/a>, who owns several properties and had a staff of 80, \u201cagreed to reward someone for a kidney for his daughter \u2013 somebody in circumstances of poverty and from whom he distanced himself and made no inquiries, and with whom, for his own political protection, he wanted no direct contact\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Davies added, \u201cWhat he agreed to do was not simply expedient in the clinical interests of his daughter, Sonia, it was exploitation, it was criminal. 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