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The UK government has rejected a request by Nigeria to deport a former senior Nigerian politician convicted of organ trafficking.
Ike Ekweremadu, 63, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate and ally of the former president Goodluck Jonathan, is serving a sentence of nine years and eight months after being found guilty in 2023 of conspiring to exploit a man for his kidney.
Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and a co-conspirator, Dr Obinna Obeta, trafficked a young man to London with a view to harvesting his kidney, which they planned to transplant to Ekweremadu’s daughter Sonia in a private unit of an NHS hospital.
It was the first conviction for organ trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act.
Last week, a Nigerian government delegation, led by the foreign minister, Yusuf Tuggar, met officials at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to discuss Ekweremadu’s case. The delegation requested his deportation so he could serve his remaining sentence in Nigeria.
A source at the MoJ has confirmed the request was rejected. It is understood the UK government was concerned that Nigeria could offer no guarantees that Ekweremadu would continue his prison sentence after being deported.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/24/uk-rejects-nigerian-request-to-deport-former-politican-ike-ekweremadu-jailed-for-organ-trafficking

Ekweremadu should enjoy his stay in the UK.

The request was coming very late.
The B government should have made high diplomatic efforts on the matter then.
It was a big ridicule to the country.
A serving senator.
What happened to him could have happened to anyone.
I pity him as a parent , not as a politician

Let him finish his term in peace and come back home alive.
Ibori did his own too.

Country wey sabi 😄 they were only avoiding bobrisky lodge occurrence ni.

Ekweremadu should have known that begging for a second chance with the UK authorities would be useless.

Working country, Nigerian government think every country is lawless like Nigeria.

Thank God. The law should be for everyone, not just the poor. Good one UK!

No guarantees, no deportation. Simple!

yinkus6750:
What happened to him could have happened to anyone.

So, you saying anyone could have had it happen to them to deceive some poor person to come to UK to have their organs harvested?

I'm glad people who reason that way are few on this earth!

He should stay and continue to enjoy the prison until Nigeria gets better

What are you talking about?
Go and review the case very well.
All parties indicted we're just a victim of circumstance. Wrong action, wrong step, In a wrong country that has a seperate law.
Every transplant needs a donor.
The boy agreed on the deal before going to UK.
Problem was age, and understandable concept of what he wanted to do.
Leave matter.
No parent should pray to find themselves in such situation.

budaatum:
So, you saying anyone could have had it happen to them to deceive some poor person to come to UK to have their organs harvested?

I'm glad people who reason that way are few on this earth!

Ekweremadu should finish his sentence in the UK.

yinkus6750:
The boy agreed on the deal before going to UK.
Problem was age, and understandable concept of what he wanted to do.

So, you are saying the boy agreed to a deal that the boy did not understand?

Do you understand the meaning of exploitation?

This is a serious case. Ekweremadu must serve his full term.