Ike Ekweremadu: Serves them right – Actress Georgina Onuoha

Georgina Onuoha, a Nollywood actress, has derided Ike Ekweremadu, former Senate President, and his wife, Beatrice, after they were imprisoned in the UK. In March, the trio was convicted of organ trafficking after a six-week trial, making it the first conviction under the Modern Slavery Act.

They received jail terms of nine years and eight months, four years, and ten years, respectively. Prior to their sentence, Ekweremadu, Beatrice, and Obeta were found guilty of conspiring to bring a young Nigerian man named David Nwamini to Britain to exploit him for his kidney, which was intended for Ekweremadu’s sick daughter, Sonia.

Reacting to this, Georgina expressed her satisfaction with the sentence, believing it to be a fitting punishment.

“And let the choir say Amen. Serves them right. Do not take advantage of anyone because you are in a place of power. Dear Nigerian doctors, nurses and caregivers, do not sacrifice your licenses for anyone let alone Nigerian politicians who deliberately neglect our healthcare system back home but can rush overseas to be treated by the same Nigerian clinicians they treat poorly back home.

“As for the ex-senator, I hope they can extend his imprisonment. This same man was given millions if not billions to build hospitals back home in his state, he embezzled it. As for their daughter, I wish her well and good health.”