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Breaking: Ekweremadu Sentenced To Nine Years

DailyDatesNG — Fri, 05 May 2023 13:47:13 +0000

Nigerian Senator, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice Ekweremadu and medical “middleman”, Dr. Obinna Obeta have been jailed for conspiring to traffic a market trader to the UK to harvest his kidney.

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and 25-year-old daughter Sonia stood trial accused of a conspiracy to bring the man to Britain from Lagos for his organ, Daily Dates Nigeria recalls.

At a 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.

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Ike Ekweremadu, Wife, and Doctor Found Guilty of Organ Trafficking To UK

DailyDatesNG — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:31:16 +0000

Nigerian politician and lawmaker, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking.

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey.

They criminally conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney, the jury found.

Their daughter Sonia Ekweremadu was found not guilty.

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Malami Says FG Cannot Intervene In Ekweremadu’s Case

DailyDatesNG — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 07:22:52 +0000

Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has explained why the federal government of Nigeria cannot intervene in the case of alleged organ harvesting involving Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy President of the Senate.

Former Deputy Senate President and Beatrice, his wife, are facing charges bordering on conspiracy to arrange/facilitate the travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting.

Daily Dates Nigeria had reported that the couple was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police in June and appeared before a magistrate court in July.

However, his wife was granted bail on July 22, while the lawmaker’s application was denied.

At a ministerial briefing on Thursday, Malami said it is not the practice of the government to intervene in judicial matters, whether local or international.

The AGF said, “It has never been the tradition of the Nigerian government to interfere in anything judicial, local or international. And that stands the position of the government.

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Enugu: Ekweremadu Withdraws From PDP Gubernatorial Primaries

DailyDatesNG — Wed, 25 May 2022 19:01:00 +0000

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu has announced his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primaries.

The Director-General, Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, Mr Charles Asogwa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu.

Recall that the PDP had fixed May 25, 2022 as its primaries to select the flag-bearer of the party in the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state.

However, Asogwa said that the senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District would no longer participate in the exercise.

“We wish to inform our supporters and Nigerians that Sen. Ike Ekweremadu will not be participating in the PDP governorship primary election scheduled for this Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

“We continue to trust God as we appreciate our teeming supporters and people of Enugu State for the goodwill they have ceaselessly invested in the actualisation of the ‘Pathway to a New Enugu State.

“We urge them to remain peaceful and be assured that we will keep them abreast of our decision on the way forward,” Asogwa said.

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Ekweremadu Declares Intention To Contest Enugu Governorship

DailyDatesNG — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 22:22:23 +0000

Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has expressed his intention to contest the 2023 governorship election in Enugu State.

Ekweremadu is the current Senator representing Enugu West in the National Assembly, Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

The Senator announced his governorship ambition at a media briefing in Enugu.

Ekweremadu while addressing journalists also described the zoning arrangement spreading in the state as a “treachery of politics”, adding that there is no such in the state.

Ekweremadu said he served as deputy senate president in the sixth, seventh and eighth assemblies not out of zoning, but because he enjoyed popular support. Elected in 2003, Ekweremadu has spent more than 19 years in the Senate.

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