The trial of former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, which began in March ended on Friday as the politician was sentenced to nine years and eight months in jail.
His wife, Beatrice was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment while their doctor, Obinna Obeta received a ten-year prison term.
The trio stood trial at London’s Central Criminal Court, also known as the Old Bailey for conspiring to bring a young man, David Nwamini from Lagos to the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney for Ekweremadu’s 25-year-old daughter, Sonia.
Nwamini, 21, was falsely presented as Sonia’s cousin in the failed attempt to persuade medics to carry out the kidney transplant at the Royal Free Hospital for a reward.
The Ekweremadus and their doctor were convicted under the Modern Slavery Act, the first in history.
Sonia, who has a serious kidney condition and takes dialysis weekly, was cleared of the same charge.
