Ekweremadu sentenced to nine years in UK prison

Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has been jailed in the United Kingdom for conspiring to traffic a Lagos market trader to the UK to harvest his kidney.

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.

Ekweremadu, who was described by the judge as the “driving force throughout”, was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison.