ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Former lawmaker Shehu Sani has reacted to the sentencing of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy President of the Senate, his wife, Beatrice, and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta.
They were jailed by the Old Bailey, London’s Central Criminal Court, on Friday.
Sani in a tweet on Friday, wrote: “Senator Ekweremadu, Beatrice, and Obinna; the UK Court is done, and the Lord shall see you through.”
The UK court sentenced Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months, while his wife Beatrice was jailed for four years, and Obinna Obeta got 10 years jail terms.
Following their conviction for organ trafficking in March, which lasted for six weeks, the sentence became the first of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act.
Prior to the sentence, Ekweremadu, Beatrice, and Obeta were convicted of conspiracy to arrange the travel of a young Nigerian man, David Nwamini to Britain in order to exploit him for his kidney.
The kidney organ was intended for Ekweremadu’s sick daughter, Sonia.