Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and Doctor Obinna Obeta were sentenced to prison by a judge at The Central Criminal Court, also known as the Old Bailey.
At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Ekweremadu was jailed for nine years and eight months, his wife Beatrice was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment while Obeta received a 10-year prison term.
They were convicted of organ trafficking in March. A jury cleared Sonia Ekweremadus of any wrongdoing.
The three were found guilty after arranging or facilitating a young Nigerian man’s travel into the United Kingdom in a bid to obtain his kidney on behalf of Sonia.
The jury said Ekweremadu, his wife, and their doctor criminally conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidneys.
The verdict is considered the first of its kind under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015.
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