UK Court Finds Ekwerenmadu, Wife, Doctor Guilty Of Organ Trafficking

A United Kingdom court on Thursday ruled that a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice Ekwerenmadu, are guilty of organ trafficking.

The court also declared that the embattled lawmaker’s daughter, Sonia Ekwerenmadu, and a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were also guilty.

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After a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, the jury ruled that they conspired to bring a 21-year-old street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney.

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

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