Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to her home country, Nigeria following her imprisonment in the United Kingdom for organ harvesting.
According to the Daily Post, Mrs Ekweremadu arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday after serving a UK court sentence for conspiring with her husband, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and their associate, Dr. Obinna Obeta to bring a young Nigerian man to the UK to harvest his kidney for their ailing daughter.
Her return marks the first visible sign of relief for the Ekweremadu family since the conclusion of the high-profile trial.
It would be recalled that in May 2023, the UK court sentenced the former deputy Senate President and PDP chieftain to nine years and eight months in prison.
The court also sentenced Mrs Beatrice Ekweremadu to four years and six months in prison, while a doctor who allegedly colluded with them, Obinna Obeta, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Ekweremadu and the two others were found guilty of organ trafficking but their sentencing was deferred to May. They allegedly procured a 21-year-old Nigerian and flew him to the UK with the intention to harvest his kidney for their ailing daughter, Sonia Ekweremadu