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Organ trafficking: Ike Ekweremadu, wife, found guilty

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom.

The couple, alongside their daughter, Sonia, and a medical doctor, Dr Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey.

The jury ruled on Thursday that they criminally conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney

According to The Guardian UK reports, the judge, Justice Jeremy Johnson, will pass a sentence at a later date.

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