Nigerian Senator and Wife Jailed in UK for Organ Trafficking Plot

Nigerian politician Ike Ekweremadu has been sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison in the UK for his role in a plot to harvest a kidney for his sick daughter from a young man he had trafficked to London. Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr Obinna Obeta were found guilty of conspiring to bring a 21-year-old Lagos street trader to a private renal unit at London’s Royal Free hospital as a potential kidney donor for Ekweremadu’s daughter. This is the first organ trafficking conviction under the Modern Slavery Act. The victim is being supported by Justice and Care, a charity that campaigns for the victims of modern slavery.