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.

 

James Amuta Explores Organ Trafficking in ‘Black Harvest’
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James Amuta Explores Organ Trafficking in ‘Black Harvest’

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The award-winning screenwriter and director James Amuta is unfolding the dirty crime of organ trafficking in his new film, ‘Black Harvest’. The film which is in post-production revolves around a group of hostages who are held in a kidnap-for-ransom situation by a terror group. However, it turns out that the hostages and their captors are…

London’s First Organ Trafficking Trial
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London’s First Organ Trafficking Trial

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A Nigerian senator’s arrest marks the spread of a common Third World crime into new territory. Nigerian Senate president Bukola Saraki (R) and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu (L) leave the courtroom after being charged with falsifying parliamentary rules to get elected in Abuja, on June 27, 2016. (Philip Ojisua/AFP via Getty Images) The only surprising…

Alleged organ harvesting: NIS reveals real age of Ekweremadu’s kidney donor
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Alleged organ harvesting: NIS reveals real age of Ekweremadu’s kidney donor

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  The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has revealed the real age of Nwamini David Ukpo, the man at the centre of the alleged transplant saga involving former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. The Comptroller General of NIS, Isa Jere, said Ukpo is actually 21 years and not 15 as reported in…

Organ trafficking: Ebonyi govt backs Ekweremadu, reveals victim’s real age
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Organ trafficking: Ebonyi govt backs Ekweremadu, reveals victim’s real age

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Following the detention of former Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in the United Kingdom, the Ebonyi State Government has said it is currently reaching out to the family of David Okemini Ukpo. Recall that Ekweremadu had facilitated the travel of Ukpo to the UK for kidney donation to his (Ekweremadu) daughter, Sonia, who…

Inside the $1.7 billion global organ trafficking industry – Businessday NG
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Inside the $1.7 billion global organ trafficking industry – Businessday NG

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Recently, there have been uproars on and off social media about Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president and his wife, Beatrice, who were arrested by the United Kingdom Police over alleged child trafficking and conspiracy to harvest an organ of a child. Organ trafficking sometimes known as transplant tourism describes the commercialism that drives the…

MASSOB Dissociates Self From Ike Ekweremadu Amidst Alleged Organ Harvesting
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MASSOB Dissociates Self From Ike Ekweremadu Amidst Alleged Organ Harvesting

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Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has disowned Senator Ike Ekweremadu. In a statement on Thursday, MASSOB said it is ashamed of the lawmaker after he was arrested and detained alongside his wife in London. The duo were arrested over alleged organ harvesting. Recall that two Nigerians, Ike Ekweremadu and…