Ekweremadu: Reps ask UK Government to temper justice with mercy

Asserting that the former vice president of the Senate is a good man with no prior convictions, House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila made a clemency request for him.

The House of Representatives has pleaded with the UK government to balance justice with mercy prior to Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s sentencing on May 5 in that country.

Toby Okechukwu, a member of the House who moved the resolution, based his argument on Nigeria and the United Kingdom’s long history of cooperation.

The congressman also emphasized Ekweremadu’s services to the Commonwealth of Nations and his sincere desire to preserve the life of his ill daughter, Sonia.

For diplomatic interventions, he suggested having back channels.

Okechukwu stated that the former Deputy Senate President has aided numerous Nigerians in the past, despite having a broken voice and appearing to be in tears.

Ekweremadu is a good man with no prior convictions, according to Speaker of the House Femi Gbajabiamila, who talked to the crown and asked for his mercy.

In his request, he requested that the UK court consider Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice’s history of lawful existence.

Additionally, he requested that the couple’s sickly daughter, who will likely be taken away from her parents and cared for by others, be taken into account.

In March, the first decision of its sort under the Modern Slavery Act resulted in the conviction of Ekweremadu, his wife, and their doctor for organ trafficking.

After a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, Ekweremadu, 60, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr. Obinna Obeta, 51, were all found guilty of facilitating a young man’s travel to Britain with the intention of exploitation.