Ike Ekweremadu

Ike Ekweremadu is a Nigerian politician and human rights advocate who has worked extensively on issues related to human trafficking. Ekweremadu has advocated for stronger laws and policies to prevent trafficking, and has called for increased support for victims of trafficking. He has also worked to raise awareness about the issue through public speaking engagements and other activities.

 

Organ Harvesting: Ohanaeze Meets British Envoy, Pleads Leniency For Ekweremadus
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Organ Harvesting: Ohanaeze Meets British Envoy, Pleads Leniency For Ekweremadus

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has appealed to the British government for leniency for the jailed former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. Ekweremadu and his wife, alongside a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, were in May jailed by the United Kingdom (UK) over an organ trafficking plot. The UK court…

Organ Trafficking – A Growing Problem with No Easy Solutions
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Organ Trafficking – A Growing Problem with No Easy Solutions

The organ trade is a complex crime that is fuelled by the high demand for organ transplants and rising global inequalities. The root causes of the trade need to be addressed and stronger responses are needed to tackle the more organised and exploitative forms of the trade, writes Frederike Ambagtsheer for The Conversation. Organ trade…

Organ harvesting: How Daniel di organ harvesting victim & family dey live in fear of revenge – BBC News Pidgin
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Organ harvesting: How Daniel di organ harvesting victim & family dey live in fear of revenge – BBC News Pidgin

Article information Author, Mark Lobel, Kate West and Melanie Stewart-Smith Role, File on 4 27 June 2023 Di decision of one man wey dey experience tough time to waka go one police station near Heathrow Airport, go lead to UK first prosecution of human trafficking for organ removal. Di Metropolitan Police team don give di…

Organ-trafficking Nigerian politician, wife found guilty
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Organ-trafficking Nigerian politician, wife found guilty

A senior wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical “middleman” have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, after they brought a 21-year-old man to the UK from Lagos. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were convicted of conspiring to exploit the man for his kidney, in…

Nigerian politician accused of organ trafficking to UK paid doctor to find donor, court hears
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Nigerian politician accused of organ trafficking to UK paid doctor to find donor, court hears

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, tells Old Bailey he paid Dr Obinna Obeta £1,800 to find kidney donor for his daughter   A Nigerian politician accused of organ trafficking to the UK issued an “abide by the law” instruction to a doctor who offered to find a kidney donor for his sick daughter for a fee, the…

Organ Harvesting: I Was Offered 1.2Million Naira By Nigerian Senator Ekweremadu To Donate My Kidney To His Daughter, Alleged Victim Tells Court
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Organ Harvesting: I Was Offered 1.2Million Naira By Nigerian Senator Ekweremadu To Donate My Kidney To His Daughter, Alleged Victim Tells Court

A Lagos-based Nigerian trader allegedly trafficked to the United Kingdom by former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, told a British court he pleaded with police officers in the UK for his life to be saved. In a videotaped interview, the alleged victim also told police he was treated like a ‘slave’ at the house in…

Nigerian senator’s organ harvesting trial starts in UK
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Nigerian senator’s organ harvesting trial starts in UK

Nigeria’s former deputy senate president, his wife and daughter went on trial in a London court on Monday for allegedly plotting to harvest a street trader’s kidney.  Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu, their 25-year-old daughter Sonia and a doctor, Obinna Obeta, are accused of conspiring to exploit the man for his organ. The kidney was allegedly…

Nigerian Court Reverses Self, Vacates Interim Order For Forfeiture Of Ex-Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu’s 40 Properties
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Nigerian Court Reverses Self, Vacates Interim Order For Forfeiture Of Ex-Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu’s 40 Properties

A Federal High Court in Abuja has trashed the interim order earlier issued for the forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. In November 2022, the same court ordered an interim forfeiture of the 40 landed properties belonging to Ekweremadu who is currently being remanded in a…

Organ Harvesting: Ekweremadu’s Daughter Pleads Not Guilty as Trial Begins January 31
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Organ Harvesting: Ekweremadu’s Daughter Pleads Not Guilty as Trial Begins January 31

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The daughter of a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia, has pleaded not guilty to the organ harvesting charges levelled against her in the United Kingdom. She also denied trafficking a young man, David Nwamini, into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney. Sonia, 25, is charged alongside her…

Organ Harvesting Saga: Ekweremadu, Wife Sue NIMC, NIS, Others
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Organ Harvesting Saga: Ekweremadu, Wife Sue NIMC, NIS, Others

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), others mentioned in the suit are: the Comptroller General (CG), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa…