{"id":104641,"date":"2023-05-05T16:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T15:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=104641"},"modified":"2023-05-05T16:23:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T15:23:04","slug":"breaking-ekweremadu-wife-jailed-for-organ-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-ekweremadu-wife-jailed-for-organ-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Ekweremadu, wife jailed for organ-trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A former deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, have been jailed for an organ-trafficking plot, after bringing a man to the UK from Lagos.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The senator had wanted the organ for their 25-year-old daughter Sonia, the couple&#8217;s trial at the Old Bailey heard.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe pair and and Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were convicted previously of conspiring to exploit the man for his kidney.<\/p>\n<p>It is said to be the first such case under modern slavery laws.<\/p>\n<p>Ike Ekweremadu, who was described by the judge as the &#8220;driving force throughout&#8221;, was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Obeta was sentenced to 10 years after the judge found he had targeted the potential donor who was young, poor and vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Beatrice Ekweremadu was sentenced to four years and six months due to her more limited involvement.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, have been jailed for an organ-trafficking plot, after bringing a man to the UK from Lagos.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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