A UK court has today, Friday, May 5, sentenced former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, to 9 years and 8 months in jail at the Old Baily in London, under the modern slavery act
The verdict is the first of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act.
Mr Justice Johnson told Mr. Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice Ekweremadu: “People-trafficking of human organs is a form of slavery. “It treats human beings and their body parts as commodities to be bought and sold. “It is a trade that preys on poverty, misery and desperation.”