Ekweremadu’s wife regains freedom from UK prison
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Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of former Deputy Senate President Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been released from a UK prison and returned to Nigeria.
Michael Adesina
Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of former Deputy Senate President Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been released from a UK prison and returned to Nigeria.
According to reports, she arrived in the country on Tuesday and is currently in Abuja.
Beatrice was sentenced to six years in prison by a UK court for her involvement in organ harvesting, along with her husband and Dr. Obinna Obeta.
The court found them guilty of attempting to buy a kidney from a young Nigerian boy to donate to their daughter Sophia.
Senator Ekweremadu received a 10-year prison sentence, while Dr. Obeta’s sentence was not specified.
The case marked the first conviction under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015.
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