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UK court sentences Ike Ekweremadu to 10 years in prison, his wife bags four years and six months

Organ trafficking: UK court sentences Ike Ekweremadu to 10 years in prison, his wife bags four years and six months

The Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, UK, has sentenced former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for organ trafficking. The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years and six months jail term.

Recall that on March 23, the court found Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta, guilty of trafficking a trader from Nigeria to the UK to harvest his organ, a crime under the United Kingdom Modern Slavery act 2015. The jury held that they conspired to bring the 21-year-old to London to exploit him for his kidney.

The verdict is the first of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the UK.

Ike Ekweremadu and his wife

“What matters to me is Nyesom Wike ” Governor Wike says as he names a block in the new magistrate court after his wife

Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike has named a block in the newly-inaugurated Justice Iche Ndu Magistrates Court Complex in the state after his wife, Justice Eberechi Nyesom Wike.
 
Wike, who disclosed this during the inauguration of the complex on Thursday, May 4, also named other blocks after some top judges in the state.

Wike revealed he decided to name one block after his wife so as not to leave office ’empty-handed’.
 

“The first building by my immediate left has to be named Justice Chibuzor Amadi Block. And then we remembered one of our own who is late, Justice Elizabeth Membre. Block B is named after her. The President of the Customary Court of Appeal was also a Magistrate before, so the third block is named after the President of the Customary Court of Appeal.

“And then the last block, I said I will not go empty-handed. Every day, people say Wike you are generous. If I’m generous to myself, is it bad? So as I am leaving, let me also name that one after my wife. So, it will be named after Justice Suzzette Eberechi Nyesom Wike. What matters to me is Nyesom Wike, so my name is there and that block is for my dear wife,” Wike said.

“Why did we name this place after Justice Ndu? During his tenure as Chief Judge, he did very well – it was the period I was the Chief of Staff. You see a Chief Judge coming with dignity. You see a Chief Judge and you know that he is a Chief Judge and he contributed to the growth of the judiciary.

“We felt like, now that he is alive, let us remember that he has done his own work; that is why we have to name this complex, Justice Iche Ndu Magistrates Court Complex,” he explained.

GOVERNOR WIKE WELCOMES PRESIDENT-ELECT SEN BOLA AHMED TINUBU AS HE DECLARES PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN RIVERS STATE – MAY 3RD 2023

The Governor of Rivers State, Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike makes welcome President-Elect Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Rivers State, on this day May 13 2023.

He urged all citizens of his state to come out in masses to celebrate Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his coming to commission the Rumuola/Rumuokwuta flyover and the magistrate court complex.

May God bless the citizens of Nigeria.

Wike welcomes Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Rivers State – 3rd May 2023