A United Kingdom court on Friday sentenced Ekweremadu to a total of nine years and eight months imprisonment,
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The couple, along with medical “middleman” Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were found guilty in the Old Bailey in March
The letter, dated April 3, 2023, comes ahead of the sentencing of the Ekweremadus and their Doctor on May 5, 2023
The Old Bailey heard on Monday, Ekweremadu was said to have illegally paid a street trader from Lagos, to travel to the UK, for a donation to help his daughter, who suffers from a kidney disease.
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, appeared at the Old Bailey court wearing a grey tracksuit top, speaking only to say “Yes, miss” when asked to confirm his name.
The young woman, whose parents are currently facing charges of organ harvesting in the United Kingdom made the plea on her Instagram page.
In a statement signed by its Legal, Enforcement and Regulations Lead, Babatunde Bamigboye, the agency said that the Bureau noted with concern that certain sensitive personal data purportedly belonging to the two Nigerian citizens (complainant and patient) “in this case are being processed by data controllers particularly media organizations without regard to the implications under the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) 2019”.