Our reporter/ Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria, following her release from prison in the United Kingdom.
A source, who made the disclosure to some reporters said the former deputy senate president’s wife returned on Tuesday, and is presently in Abuja.
Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced by a UK court over charges related to organ harvesting.
A court in the UK, in May 2023, sentenced 60-year-old Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison, his 56-year-old wife, six years in prison, and the doctor, Obinna Obeta, 10 years in prison, for their involvement in organ harvesting.
Their crime, according to the court, violated UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015, which is the first conviction under the act in the country since its enactment.
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