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Ekweremadu, Wife Bag Jail Term in UK

Web News 5 May 2023 1053 0

The United Kingdom court has sentenced former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot. The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years six months while the medical doctor who acted as a ‘middleman’ in Continue Reading

Crime

UK Court Convicts Ekweremadu, wife of Organ Trafficking

Web News 23 March 2023 248 0

Former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, daughter and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act.  According to a UK medium, The 60-year-old politician, his wife, Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia 25, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of […]Continue Reading

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We are not responsible for Ekweremadu’s ordeal- EFCC

Web News 16 December 2022 281 0

Embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was responsible for his travails at the London Court, where he had been in detention over alleged organ harvest. Ekweremadu’s allegations were contained in an application he filed […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Hope for Ekweremadu’s Daughter as Lady Offers her Kidney

Web News 13 September 2022 436 0

A 24-year-old lady, Annastasia Michael, has written an open letter to the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia, offering to donate one of her kidneys to save her life. This is coming after the 25-year-old Sonia Ekweremadu made an appeal to members of the public to donate a kidney to save her life. Responding to […]Continue Reading

Judiciary

UK Court Ruling Clears Ekweremadu over Case of Minor

Web News 7 July 2022 405 0

The Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that the kidney donor in Ekweremadu’s case, David Ukpo is not a minor. Both Ekweremadu and his wife appeared in court today and they pleaded not guilty to the charge of organ harvesting while the case has been transferred to the Central Criminal Court. Prosecutors […]Continue Reading

Crime

Organ Harvesting: FG Engages Lawyers to Defend Ekweremadu

Web News 29 June 2022 413 0

The Federal Government through the Nigerian High Commission to the United Kingdom has hired lawyers to defend a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, over allegations of organ harvesting. The Senate President Ahmad Lawan who disclosed this after a closed-door session of the chamber on Wednesday, added that a delegation […]Continue Reading

Politics

Ekweremadu Pulls out of Enugu Governorship Race

Web News 25 May 2022 380 0

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has withdrawn from the Enugu State governorship race. Ekweremadu said he would not participate in today’s governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State. This was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent on Wednesday morning by his campaign organisation. Ekweremadu, who Continue Reading