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Senator Ike Ekweremadu, His Wife, and Doctor Have been convicted of Organ Trafficking under the modern slavery Act in the United Kingdom

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Senator Ike Ekweremadu, His Wife, and Doctor Have been convicted of Organ Trafficking under the modern slavery Act in the United Kingdom. And it is the first verdict of it’s kind.

His Daughter was however, cleared of the same charges.

A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom.

The duo alongside their a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey.

Ekweremadu’s wife Beatrice

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and medical “middleman” Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were found guilty at the Old Bailey of conspiring to exploit a young man from Lagos for his body part.

The Ekweremadus’ daughter Sonia, 25, wept as she was cleared of the same charge on Thursday.

It is the first time defendants have been convicted under the Modern Slavery Act of an organ harvesting conspiracy.

They criminally conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney, the jury found on Thursday.

The judge, Justice Jeremy Johnson, will pass a sentence at a later date according to the Guardian UK reports.

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Two Women Caught On The Quest To Sell A 2 Months Old Baby

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Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on Friday, May 26, 2023, successfully foiled an attempt by two women to allegedly sell a two-month-old baby.

A statement from the spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, says the deal was uncovered in Oshodi when one Oge Okolie, aged 25, the intermediary between the mother of the baby and prospective buyer was suspected of stealing the baby.

Passengers on a public bus noticed ceaseless crying from the baby with Okolie and asked why she could not breastfeed the child if she was the biological mother.

Benjamin said the suspect was about to be lynched when RRS operatives quickly stepped in to rescue her as well as the baby. Preliminary investigations led to the arrest of the mother of the baby, one Maria Ahmadu ‘f’ aged 26.

He added that the commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, has since transferred the suspects and baby to the Gender Unit of the Command for further investigation and prosecution.

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UK MP Kicks Against Barring Students From Bringing Family Over

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Sky News reported that A member of the United Kingdom Parliament, Carol Monaghan, has kicked against the United Kingdom’s new visa policy preventing Nigerian students, and others studying in the UK, from bringing family as dependents except under specific circumstances.

While speaking at parliament on Wednesday, Monaghan stated that students made valuable contributions to the UK’s economy.

According to her, International students enriched the UK’s society in all sectors, including healthcare.

“International students make an invaluable contribution to the economy,” she said In the video that went viral on Thursday, the lawmaker added, “The reality is that many students who come into the UK look beyond their studies and want their families to be part of their experience.

“Withholding overseas students from bringing their families, many will opt to go elsewhere and any drop in international students numbers will cause further harm to universities that are already facing financial difficulties.”

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Man Arrested For Allegedly Defiling His 5-year-old Daughter

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Operatives of Ogun state Police Command on May 22 arrested a 28 years old man, Adeyemi Babatunde, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 5 years old biological daughter(name withheld).

According to reports from LIB, The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ijebu Mushin divisional headquarters by the mother of the victim, Who reported that she noticed her daughter has been complaining of pain whenever she wants to urinate as well as whenever she is bathing her and she touch her private part.

Having noticed this, she pressurized the little girl to tell her what happened to her private part. It was then the victim informed her that her father laid her on the bed and inserted his manhood into her private part when the mother was not at home.

Upon the report, the DPO Ijebu Mushin division, CSP Simire Hillary, quickly detailed his detectives to go after the suspect and he was eventually arrested.

On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime but claimed not to know what comes over him as at that time.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the state Commissioner of Police, CP Olanrewaju Oladimeji, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to Anti Human Trafficking and Child Labour section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and prosecution.

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