Sonia Ekweremadu, the daughter of Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu, has opened up on her parent’s sentencing
Earlier on Friday, May 5, a UK Magistrate sentenced Senator Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu to 10 years and four years imprisonment, respectively
The 25-year-old Sonia, suffering from Nephrotic Syndrome, said the court’s decision hurt her.
Following the conviction and sentencing of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and a doctor, Sonia, their 25-year-old daughter has opened up on the ordeals of her parent.
On Friday, May 5, a UK Magistrate sentenced Senator Ekweremadu to 10 years jail term while his wife Beatrice bagged four years after the court found them guilty of organ trafficking, haven contravened the Modern Slavery Act for illegally smuggling a 22-year-old from Nigeria to use his kidney to replace Sonia’s.
During an interview with BBC Pidgin shortly after her father’s sentence, Sonia revealed how devastated and broken she was after her parents were handed the sentence.
She stated that the judgment was unfair as she quickly noted that her reasons were from a biased point of view as their daughter and that she would always defend her parents no matter what.
“When asked by the anchor about her take on the verdict, Sonia said: “It’s sad. It’s been really hard to wrap my head around it. I understand the conviction. Personally, I disagree with it; however, that’s from a very biased perspective as their daughter, and I would obviously back my parents.
“However, the law has taken its course, and we just have to now move forward as a family.”
Meanwhile, Adamu Garba, an APC chieftain, expressed strong disapproval with Ekweremadu, a former deputy Senate president of Nigeria, serving a jail term in the UK.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Garba, on Friday, May 5, expressed his displeasure with the jail sentence of Nigeria’s former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu.
A United Kingdom (UK) court Friday sentenced Ekweremadu to 10 years in prison for organ trafficking.
The court also sentenced Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice, to four years and six months in prison while a doctor who allegedly colluded with them, Obinna Obeta, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The Nigerian politician and the two others were found guilty of organ trafficking but their sentencing was deferred to Friday, May 5. They allegedly procured a 21-year-old Nigerian and flew him to the UK with the intention to harvest his kidney for their sick daughter.
Commenting on the judgment, Garba said the development is ‘a dent upon the image of our country and its sovereignty’. He asked the Nigerian government to immediately summon the UK Ambassador to Nigeria over the matter.
Garba wrote on his verified Twitter handle:
“A whole former deputy senate president to serve a jail term in a foreign land?! What kind of country are we?”
The former presidential hopeful added:
“I saw some pleas from different people for his release, most notably from former President Obasanjo and the Speaker of House of Representatives, but this isn’t enough.
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