By Miriam Humbe, Abuja
Reactions have continued to pour in from Nigerians following the United Kingdom Court ruling on the case of organ trafficking involving former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
Responding to a post on Twitter written by Kaduna State’s Senator Shehu Sani, different shades of opinions began to pour in from Nigerians.
While some symphatised with the former Deputy Senate President and his family over their travails, others blasted him, telling him to carry his cross.
Meanwhile, Senator Shehu Sani’s tweet came in the form of a prayer, asking the Ekweremadu family to take solace in God.
Recall that Senator Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, had been standing trial in the United Kingdom since 2022 following a busted attempt to acquire a kidney from a donor for their ailing daughter, Sonia.
Sonia was said to have been needing to under a kidney transplant surgery at the time.
The Court jailed Senator Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months for attempt to harvest a young man’s kidney for his daughter, Sonia’s treatment.
For the same offence, Beatrice Ekweremadu was handed a four years and six months jail sentence with the doctor, Obinna Obeta receiving 10 years sentence.
@ShehuSani wrote: “Senator Ekweremadu,Beatrice and Obinna;the UK Court is done and The Lord shall see you through.”
Here comes the reactions:
@Mykoladoo wrote: “My prayer and thoughts are with the Ekweremadu family at this time, in their despondency and within the strangest temptation to ask of their God: “Oh Lord, why us? And to which the gods, shall in unison (I hope in their cinematic booming voices) respond thus:”
@jamesluckyø5 wrote: “He is even lucky they give him 10 should have been 30.”
@DrVic_Exotic wrote: “The Lord shall continue to see those vulnerable to exploitation through. Oga Senator, please, can you speak to your colleagues in the National Assembly to improve our organ donation legislation (if at all we have one) to protect vulnerable Nigerians from being exploited?”
@adeadewaledan wrote: ” I pray Ekweremadus shall receive nominations fr Royal pardon, also, pray, dey shall b grantd Royal pardon by d new king at his first anniversary, in Jesus Mighty name. Let’s continue praying fr dem, they r victims of wrongly applied *parental responsibility”.”
@laraGold143 wrote: “A country where you must uphold the law regardless of your status. We have a lot to learn from this.”
@Ozisanniøø1 wrote: “It’s only in Nigeria that we have a selective rule of law, the law for the poor is different from the law for the elites and politicians, in Other countries like UK everyone is equal b4 the rule of law no matter ur position. I wish their child well though.”
@ougwuja wrote: “Ike Ekweremadu has the opportunities to build best hospitals in Enugu state as deputy Senate president. Again, Ekweremadu and David mark were Senate president deputy but the road that connect Enugu cc and Benue states is still in bad condition. Wicked politicians.”
@IniEUwe wrote: “We should not also forget that, there was a young man who accepted to donate but on reaching the UK breached the agreement they had and put these people where they are today. I think we should continue to watch him and his family to know how far they can go in making progress.”
@Iamabbeywilly wrote: “Nigerian justices are shaking and feel ashamed of themselves reading and hearing this. They know they’re for the highest bidders! Now an opportunity to redeem their battered image during the PEPT is here.”
@onyolusamson wrote: “He will finish jail term and come back to run for president in this country after all many of them are as senators, governors and will even be president as Nigeria has no value for behavioral decency. It’s only criminality we value and respect.”
@KomeKool9ja wrote: “My heart goes out to Sonia, for whose cause her parents committed this crime and I empathize with Sen. & Dr. Ekweremadu, but you can’t do the right thing the WRONG way. I’m praying things align for Sonia & a donor is found for her through proper channels quickly. Sad, really.”
@JasperIzuchuku wrote: “You politicians in Nigeria should stop making UK una friends. They are evil, they sponsors and promote all the evils going on in Nigeria. They have succeeded in making Nigeria a lawless country while they respect law in their own country no matter who you be.”
@bechiny wrote: “They all deserve what they got. Many families went through worse things cos of the billions of public money that the head of their family looted.”
@oloyedanny1 wrote: “The same British we run to when we loot our public funds,buy properties ,do medical tourism in their country,so funny,see how he was shamed,funny how people were pleading for leniency,for someone who didn’t do what he was supposed to do,God knows how to serve judgement.”
@OUTRIGHTJOE wrote : “If Nigeria was a UK, many Nigerian politicians would have shared same jailed fate like Ekweremadu . It’s only a matter of time, Nigeria will be great again. I pray our judiciary and democracy gets her foot very well.”
@empror24 wrote: “Are you going to help them out from jail through court settlement? Any solution from your mail? You see where corruption had landed them. Imagine, If Nigerian hospitals are well equipped.”
@Goodpikin2 wrote: “Justice has prevailed and everyone will respect it including Nigeria. If this case was in Nigeria, the boy would have been languishing in jail by now begging for mercy. I look forward to @PeterObi claiming his people given mandate.”
@ALFA1009 wrote: “I sympathise with Senator Ekweremadu and family.”
@iamLABOD wrote: “In order to safe their Daughter, they are now going to jail. Really sad these parents are facing this. But it’s a lesson for our leaders too. To make our system work, so we won’t need to go to abroad to get good medical care.”
@Paul_bem wrote: “FG should just outsource our judiciary to the UK Dem dey work! A former Governor who looted his State was cleared by our Judiciary but the UK Courts did their work and the Lord saw him through. Even the ones they managed to convict Bubu & technicalities set free. UK Courts .”
@Uchenna_Azorji: “If it were here in Nigeria, the poor boy would have been the one in jail. Thank God for UK legal system that stands for the vulnerable.”
@IM_Mustapha01 wrote: “When you are used to misbehaving in Nigeria and getting away with it, don’t go to London or any western country. You might be tempted to beat the authority, and that is when you will reap what you saw.”
@Officialgerii wrote: ” If Nigeria institutions are strict like that of UK,,,,,, Many politicians would serve in Jail and the incoming ones will be extremely careful with the heart of their citizens”
@CeoCharly wrote: “I just pity Sonia. And I hope and pray she gets a real donor. Its really heartbreaking that her parents are in this mess bcos of her. But she’s not to be blamed. This is what we say to Nigeria politician “build Nigeria”! You have no other country. This money has failed IKE!”
@geophlexy wrote: “Our almighty politicians in NIGERIA sentenced in UK. Such things don’t happen in NIGERIA  bcos every politician is bigger than the LAW in Nigeria. What a country!”
@BuilderOlusise wrote: “Though it’s sad but the offence is criminally huge. Any parent can go extra mile to safe their child’s life but we mustn’t go against the law in our effort. Lessons learned! May God have mercy & forgive them. No one is beyond cross/temptation! No one is perfect! All have sinned!”
@Adio68942926 wrote: “I want believe it will a lesson for the wise. Secondly, this displays equality in terms of law. Nigeria law is for the poor not for the rich. But reverse is the case where laws are for everyone irrespective of your status in the country.”
@Udomingod wrote: “I earnestly pray that the Lord sees him through. No matter what anyone says, how bad he might have been..I understand what parents could do to make life easier for their children especially when they’re sick, unfortunately they didn’t do it the right way and with a wrong person.”
@amaobiee wrote: “The way UK government exposed and jailed Ekweremadu for illegal organ transplant, they should equally expose and jail our politicians who steal out money and ferry it to UK to hide.”
@oloyedanny1 wrote: “Am sorry to say if I sound heartless,I don’t feel any ounce of pity for him and his wife,this would have been avoided if only he did the right thing as a lawmaker,build state of art hospitals and we won’t go on medical tourism,the bill has come due,only God knows who’s next.”
@Pgklouis1 wrote: “It’s unfortunate that he involved himself in such mess. Ekweremadu had the privilege of setting up world class hospital in his constituency but he didn’t. See how he’s going. Well he can even come after the serving his jail term to contest election in Nigeria,no be Nigeria?”
@AkasuaSuleiman wrote: “Very Very Very sad and unfortunate but that is life The good and the bad are all parts of life May God see the family through Amen May God in His great powers and wonders heal their daughter’s kidney problems which is the reason for their imprisonment Amen.”
@josinomilito wrote: “In the UK the law is for everyone no one is above the law. Good for him, our judiciary should learn, if it where to be in nigeria now, they will adjoin the case until the Witness becomes broke without having transport fee to go to court.”
@gr8tbarn wrote: “No one is concerned about the young man whose kidney would have been harvested unlawfully. He is a Nigerian too and he deceives our attention as human that he is.”
@suleiman_nalimi wrote: “If he has build a reasonable hospital here during his time as a Senate he might probably not in this mess. Politicians do the right thing here in your country they said no we’ll steal your money and go enriched another nation, God no dey sleep oo.”
@fabfesty wrote: “I really felt for them, not because of what they did, or because he is a politician, he wanted to save her daughter life, parents really go through a lot. They could have just do it voluntary or seek for advise before embarking on such mess,Nigeria senate title end in Nigeria.”
@Odunolaspeaks: “May God be with them in prison and help them serve their jail sentence to terms.The family he left behind let them manage his loots for him because if he comes back he will have something to fall back on.”
@ORUFRANCIS wrote: “No doubt they really love their daughter.”
@kachikaboy wrote: “Do not love your daughter by destroying another man’s son.”
@ORUFRANCIS wrote: “I am not in anyway supporting their actions pls. I am buttressing the fact that parents can go all out for the sake of their children. I totally condemn his action especially being a public office holder(lawmaker) who should know more.”
@AyodejiJose wrote: “The painful thing about this whole saga is that what he went for in UK can be done successfully in his own country. We don’t believe in ourselves and all his years in position that matters in Nigeria he could not build a world class hospital in his constituency. So painful.”
@EricSelven wrote: “I can’t pity him. He was a Senate president and senator for many years, but he couldn’t built state of the art hospital in Enugu. He s He should enjoy his sentence to the fullest.”
@AkiimReid1 wrote: “
Serves them right. All the politicians in Nigeria who are a part or played a role in what Nigerians are going through today will surely get their judgment in one way or the other.”
@Splendsta wrote: “Congratulations to them and happy stay. I pray other of our politicians will experience this good blessings of UK government upon their lives amen.”
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