Organ Harvesting: Ekweremadu Sentenced To 10 Years Imprisonment

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Ike Ekweremadu former deputy senate president, his wife Beatrice and Doctor Obinna Obeta have been sentenced by a UK court to prison for their involvement in the organ harvesting charges brought against them.

Ekweremadu was sentenced to ten years in prison while his wife received a six years sentence.

The Old Bailey found the couple and medical Dr Obeta who stood as a middleman was found guilty in March.

The Ekweremadus’ daughter Sonia, who has a serious kidney condition, wept as she was cleared of the same charge.

At the sentencing hearing on Friday, Ekweremadu was jailed for nine years and eight months, his wife Beatrice was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment while Obeta received a 10-year prison term.

Justice Johnson told the defendants: “In each of your cases, the offence you committed is so serious that neither a fine nor a community sentence can be justified.”