Two years in the past, the previous Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his spouse, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu had been arrested by the London Metropolitan Police. They confronted accusations of making an attempt to “smuggle a baby to the UK to reap organs,” as reported. The couple was alleged to have sought to influence docs on the Royal Free Hospital in London to carry out an £80,000 transplant on a donor offered as their daughter Sonia Ekweremadu’s cousin.
In March 2023, a jury discovered the Ekweremadus guilty. Ike Ekweremadu was sentenced to 9 years and eight months in jail for organ trafficking, whereas Beatrice obtained a four-year and six-month sentence.
Now, in an unique new docu-series, “Daniel vs Ekweremadu – The Battle Over One Man’s Kidney,” media persona Chude Jideonwo, host of “WithChude,” delves into the harrowing particulars of this case. The sequence, shot in Nigeria and the UK, explores:
- The stunning circumstances surrounding a robust Nigerian politician’s determined quest for a kidney for his significantly sick daughter.
- The allegations of trafficking a 21-year-old dealer from Lagos, forcibly seizing his passport and making an attempt to take his organ.
- How the Metropolitan Police obtained a tip-off concerning the Ekweremadus’ arrival in London, resulting in their arrest instantly on the airplane at Heathrow.
- The explanations behind the sufferer’s choice to flee from the London flat the place he was stored, main him to report the scenario to the authorities.
- The present standing of the sufferer, the final contact along with his household, and the continued fears for his security.
This docu-series, premiering on Friday, August twenty third and Friday, August thirtieth, provides unprecedented entry to the prosecutors, the hospital concerned, and options unique interviews with the sufferer’s household, who’re talking on digicam for the primary time.
Watch the teaser beneath:
