Organ Harvesting: Jubilation As Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s Wife Is Released From UK Prison, Returns To Nigeria 

Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu who was jailed in the United Kingdom, is back in Nigeria.

A reliable source disclosed the development to Dailypost on Wednesday. According to the source, Mrs Ekweremadu returned to Nigeria on Tuesday.

Recall that senator Ekweremadu, his wife and one Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced to prison by a UK court for their involvement in organ harvesting.

The court also sentenced Mrs Ekweremadu to four years and six months in prison, while the  doctor who allegedly colluded with them, Obinna Obeta, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Ekweremadu and the two others were found guilty of organ trafficking but their sentencing was deferred to May.

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They allegedly procured a 21-year-old Nigerian man identified as David Ukpo Nwamini, and flew him to the UK with the intention to harvest his kidney for their daughter, Sonia Ekweremadu, who has a kidney-related disease and has been on dialysis for some time.

The return of Mrs Ekweremadu is being celebrated across Enugu State, with many praying to have her husband back in the shortest possible time.