Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their middleman medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, will receive their sentence today, following their conviction for organ trafficking in March, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act.
Ekweremadu, 60, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Obeta, 51, were convicted of conspiracy to arrange the travel of a young man, addressed as David Nwamini to Britain in order to exploit him for his kidney, which was needed for the lawmaker’s sick daughter, Sonia.
After a six-week trial and conviction at the Old Bailey, London’s Central Criminal Court, the Ekweremadus and their doctor might face a harsh reality of a possible 10-year jail term for violating the Modern Slavery Act The judge. Mr. Justice Jeremy Johnson will pass the sentence.
However, the United Kingdom Modern Slavery Act 2015 frowns at Human trafficking under which organ harvesting falls and is punishable with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment upon conviction.
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