UK Reject Nigeria Request Make Dem Bring Back Ekweremadu

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, no go fit return Nigeria as UK don reject Federal Government request to repatriate am. Ekweremadu, 63, dey serve nine years eight months jail for Britain since 2023 afta dem find am guilty of organ trafficking. Im plan na to use young man kidney transplant for im sick daughter, Sonia. Im wife Beatrice and medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, sef dey serve sentence for di same case, wey na di first organ trafficking prosecution under UK Modern Slavery Act. Nigerian delegation led by Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, meet UK Ministry of Justice last week to beg make dem allow Ekweremadu finish im sentence for Nigeria, but UK reject am because dem no sure say Nigeria fit make sure im continue to serve di punishment. UK talk say dem only dey approve prisoner transfer wen e dey serve “interests of justice” and dem no dey tolerate modern slavery.

During sentencing, Justice Jeremy Johnson talk say di trio action na “despicable trade” as human organ trafficking dey treat people body like commodity. Ekweremadu na di “driving force” behind di plot. Victim, C, suppose give im kidney for £80,000 transplant pretend say e be Sonia cousin volunteer. Hospital reject di plan after attempt to bribe medical secretary, but police no know until victim flee warn say dem fit carry am go Nigeria for another attempt. Obeta don get kidney transplant from another trafficked donor in 2021, dey serve 10-year sentence. Nigeria try bring back Ekweremadu don cause wahala among citizens, and High Commission for London never comment yet.