Former deputy senate President Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice and an associate Obinna Obeta are due for sentencing by a British court this Friday after being found guilty of organ trafficking.
The case began last year after a young man David Nwamini reported to the Metropolitan police that he was brought to the UK by the Ekweremadu’s to be used as a kidney donor for their sick daughter, but was abandoned after tests revealed his organ was not a match.
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They had all pleaded not guilty.
Last month, after six weeks of trial, the court convicted them of the offences.
The penalty specified under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, is between 10 years to life imprisonment.
The sentencing hearing holds this Friday at the Central Criminal Court in London.
