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BREAKING: UK Rejects FG’s Request for Ekweremadu to Complete Prison Term in Nigeria
The United Kingdom government has turned down the Federal Government of Nigeria’s request to transfer former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu back home to serve the remainder of his prison sentence.
Ekweremadu has been serving time in the UK following his conviction for organ trafficking. In May 2023, a British court sentenced him to nine years and eight months after finding him guilty of conspiring to exploit a young man for his kidney.
The Nigerian government had reportedly made a diplomatic request seeking his transfer under international prisoner exchange arrangements, but British authorities declined the appeal.
Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and a medical doctor had been found guilty under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act, marking the first conviction of its kind involving a high-profile Nigerian politician.
With the UK rejecting the transfer request, the former lawmaker is expected to continue serving his sentence within the British correctional system.
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