Obasanjo writes British court, seeks leniency for Ekweremadu
Ike Ekweremadu and his wife have been convicted in the United Kingdom for trafficking a young man into the UK to harvest his kidney.
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Ike Ekweremadu and his wife have been convicted in the United Kingdom for trafficking a young man into the UK to harvest his kidney.
Obasanjo appealed to the UK court to temper justice with mercy in Ekweremadus organ trafficking conviction case. | Pulse Nigeria
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written to a UK court pleading for clemency for a former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, who were recently convicted for organ harvesting. This was stated in a leaked letter dated April 3, 2023, and addressed to the Chief Clerk of the Court, titled 'Re: Ike Ekweremadu.
Olusegun Obasanjo has written United Kingdom, asking for clemency for Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife convicted for organ trafficking.
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Apparently concerned by the travails of the former Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Nwanneka Beatrice, Nigeria's ex-President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has written a passionate letter to the British authorities to temper justice with mercy in handing down sentence to the Ekweremadu's in