Ibori’s Stance on Latest UK Forfeiture Judgement Stirs Reactions
Those knowledgeable about the case say that Ibori’s lawyers advised him to plead guilty in possible exchange for a lesser sentence.
Those knowledgeable about the case say that Ibori’s lawyers advised him to plead guilty in possible exchange for a lesser sentence.
The three were found guilty after arranging or facilitating a young Nigerian man’s travel into the United Kingdom in a bid to obtain his kidney on behalf of Sonia.
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Davies added, “What he agreed to do was not simply expedient in the clinical interests of his daughter, Sonia, it was exploitation, it was criminal. It is no defence to say he acted out of love for his daughter.”
The judge, Justice Jeremy Johnson, will pass a sentence at a later date, The Guardian UK reports.
Sonia, Ekweremadu’s daughter, was also charged with conspiracy to arrange the travel of another person with a view to harvesting the person’s organ for her benefit.