Ike Ekweremadu: What Has Become Of Ex-Senator As He Faces Six More Years In UK Prison?

More than three years after his conviction in the United Kingdom for conspiring to exploit a young Nigerian man for his kidney, former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu remains in prison, with his possible return to Nigeria still uncertain despite diplomatic efforts by the Federal Government.
LEADERSHIP reports that Ekweremadu was sentenced to nine years and eight months’ imprisonment on May 5, 2023, after a UK court found him guilty under the country’s Modern Slavery Act. His wife, Beatrice, received four years and six months, while medical doctor Obinna Obeta was sentenced to 10 years.
The case arose from an attempt to bring a 21-year-old Lagos street trader to Britain for a ki...