The UK has officially rejected Nigeria’s request to transfer former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu to serve the remaining of his prison sentence in Nigeria. British authorities insist he must complete his nine-year, eight-month term in the UK.
Ekweremadu was convicted in March 2023 for trafficking a young man to London in order to harvest his kidney for his daughter, Sonia.
He was found guilty (This was the first conviction for organ trafficking under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act.) and sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison.
In November 2025, President Tinubu sent a high level delegation (which included Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar and Attorney General Lateef Fagbem) to London to negotiate Ekweremadu’s transfer to Nigeria but the UK Ministry of Justice rejected the request, because they are not sure that Nigeria would enforce the sentence if Ekweremadu was returned home.
What did they expect???
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DeleteUseless govt - everything is politics. They want to use his release to gain popularity in the SE concerning the 2027 elections. God shall continue to punish all of them
DeletePeople that sentence an innocent man to life in prison, want an organ harvester back home🙄
Delete09:14, Ekweremadu is not popular in the East and the current president won convincingly without Eastern votes, just like his predecessor. He will win a bigger margin in ALL Eastern states this time around even if he did nothing like Buhari. The cooperation of governors as per his projects and politics will ensure that unlike the compulsion from the previous cabal of the past tenant. Study the numbers in the Anambra elections: YPP, APC will work for the same person. Anambra APGA is on board. Imo and Ebony are hoping to bottom the presidential ticket, SP or SGF. Abia will want to keep Kalu there. Enugu has ported.
DeleteEkweremadu's transfer home would have served as a cover for a deal with a man more popular in the East amongst losers, the unemployable, professional victims and poor planners who was recently sentenced to life imprisonment and for whom fake outrage has been unleashed by those scared of being kidnapped, keeeed or losing local elections. His conduct in court has made it even more difficult and he has overplayed his hand into a conviction at a time when the international community wants the state to be tougher on terrorists. Someone who videos himself distributing unregistered guns to hungry looking illiterates. It must be a relief to the government that the Ekweremadu deal fell through after Kanu's conviction and with their good rapport with 10 Downing, it was no surprise.
Those celebrating Ekweremadu's continued stay are not good at reading in between the lines.
This may however be good news for the next lucky set of convicts hoping for clemency or pardon.
Everybody remembers their Nigerian nationality when trouble knocks on their door. That is where he was living, the UK is his home.
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A crime related to human trafficking is a serious one in the UK according to their law there.... so I knew they will refuse him that before now
ReplyDeleteOnly God fit show am mercy.
Kudos to UK government. APC government is up to no good with that request. They want to grant him executive pardon.
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ReplyDeleteGood news for the day
ReplyDeleteYour house is on fire,all you can do is to use tax payer money fly some useless people to go and negotiate for a convicted person in another man county.Shame on all of them
People are kpaing in Nigeria,the Nigerian government didn't go to the UK for solution to that but for the release of one of their goons,happy their request was rejected.He should do the time where he committed the offence because he will be a free man once he lands here.
ReplyDeleteGood move by the UK. They know Nigeria will grant him freedom
ReplyDeleteGod bless theUK government for rejecting the request .
ReplyDeleteThey should have locked the people that went to plead.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahhahahahha. Exactly. Looks like something I can do.
DeleteThis! They should have joined him too.
DeleteThat request alone is an insult on their personality as a nation
Lol, 🤣. More like it
DeleteI tell you 🤣🤣
DeleteWhat's the difference between them & the Ekweremadu?
Nothing but the truth.
DeleteI love this!
ReplyDeleteGood one. Let him enjoy his "vacation".
ReplyDeleteMad people evriwia. How do you say this with a straight face?
ReplyDeleteHe has 2 and a half years left.
Sucks to be him.
Hope they nick his lunch everyday
Meanwhile i m calling you out for not exposing somebody like him who went to Dubai. Weekend don pass o
ReplyDeleteWasting tax payers hard earned money to be sending 'efulefus' errands.
ReplyDeleteThank you UK govt, una sabi 👍👍
See finish don enter ikwakwakwakwakwa! Who prefers Nigerians prison to UK’s. They know the plans before they asked Iyoo!
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He should finish his Sentence over there
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He should finish his Sentence over there
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Well done UK ministry of justice. You have done well. Keep doing a good job on corrupt and evil Nigerians.
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