A senior wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical "middleman" have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, after they brought a 21-year-old man to the UK from Lagos. Senator Ike ...
Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news. In March 2023, a Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical middleman were found guilty of an organ ...
Before his arrest Ekweremadu was one of Nigeria’s most senior and well-connected politicians, serving as Deputy President of the country’s Senate from 2007 to 2019, and regarded as old ally of ...
Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice will know their sentencing later. They were found guilty of organ trafficking on March 23, 2023. [Courtesy] Ike Ekweremadu, the former deputy president of the ...
The unlawful trafficking of human organs for transplantation, known as organ harvesting, is an increasing global concern. Nigeria, like many other countries, is not immune to this bleak reality.
A wealthy Nigerian politician and his wife are facing jail for an organ-harvesting plot involving a UK hospital following a landmark trial. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and ...
The latest, and most heinous, dimension to human trafficking in Nigeria is that it has gone beyond sexual exploitation. The traffickers now invest in the harvesting of human organs which has ...
Eight members of an organ trafficking ring in north-east Pakistan have been arrested, police say. The ring's alleged leader, ...
A senior wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical "middleman" have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, after they brought a 21-year-old man to the UK from Lagos. Senator Ike ...
