Former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu has been sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison by a UK court for plotting to harvest a man’s kidney for his sick daughter.

However, his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu was handed four years, six months sentence while Obinna Obeta, a medical doctor got a 10 years’ sentence for the same offence.

For those who don’t know, the trio of Ekweremadu, Beatrice and Obeta were convicted of conspiracy to arrange the travel of a young Nigerian man identified as David Nwamini to Britain in order to exploit him for his kidney.

The organ was needed for Ekweremadu’s daughter, Sonia who has been sick.