Obinna Obeta
6 May
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu was, yesterday, sentenced to nine years and six months in jail at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, United Kingdom (UK), while his wife, Beatrice, got six years.
5 May
Former Nigerian deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, 56, have been sentenced to imprisonment for organ trafficking in the United Kingdom.
4 May
With less than 48 hours to the sentencing of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, the Senate, yesterday, passed a motion, seeking clemency.
23 Mar
Jurors at the nearly completed Old Bailey “conspiracy to facilitate and arrange travel with the aim of exploitation trial” of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice, his wife, Sonia, their daughter and Dr Obinna Obeta....
11 Mar
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, reiterated to the Old Bailey yesterday that he did what “was expedient” to save his daughter’s life while giving evidence.
27 Feb
The ongoing Old Bailey conspiracy trial of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice, his wife, their daughter, Sonia and Dr Obinna Obeta , enters the fourth week today.
18 Feb
Jurors at the ongoing Old Bailey trial of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, daughter, Sonia and Dr. Obinna Obeta, yesterday, heard how David Nwamini, the alleged victim of trafficking, mentioned the Senator as the sponsor of his medical treatment...
12 Feb
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, daughter, Sonia and co-defendant, Dr. Obinna Obeta,’ , on Friday, relaxed in the dock in Courtroom Five, while Royal Free dialysis surgeon, Dr. David DuPont, was made to, sometimes, sweat as he was cross...
8 Nov 2022
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, will remain under lock and key at His Majesty’s Prison, where he’s being kept, till at least over a month more, before any chances of becoming a free man again.
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