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I Wasn’t Involved In Finding A Donor – Sonia Ekweremadu

by Pamela Ephraim
2 years ago
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25-year-old daughter of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has opened up about the sentencing of her parents in an organ-harvesting plot suit in the United Kingdom.

LEADERSHIP reports that a United Kingdom court on Friday sentenced Ekweremadu to a total of nine years and eight months imprisonment, while his wife, Beatrice, was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment for plotting to harvest a man’s kidney.

The third accomplice, a medical doctor, Dr Obinna Obeta, was jailed 10 years. Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, wanted a new kidney for their daughter, Sonia.

In an interview with BBC after the court judgement on Friday, Sonia said she felt guilty about the whole situation.

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“I don’t think it will ever be the same again. And obviously, I feel guilty because I feel like all these have happened because of me,” she said, while holding back tears.

On how why she couldn’t get a donor from her family, she said her family especially the paternal side have a history of kidney conditions. When asked about how her parents have handled their current reality, she said they are “quite calm”.

“They are quite calm, surprisingly. But I can’t really speak about what they are feeling. This is just from an outside perspective of me seeing them. They are okay, they are just neutral,” Sonia said.

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On what she has learnt over the whole saga, Sonia said, “Life is just some dynamic. Like you’re one day in your house chilling and the next day your whole life is turned around, upside down.”

Speaking further on the court judgement, she added, “It’s sad. It’s been really hard to wrap my head around it. I understand the conviction. Personally, I disagree with it; however, that’s from a very biased perspective as their daughter, and I would obviously back my parents.

“However, the law has taken its course, and we just have to now move forward as a family.”

Asked about what she would be doing next, Sonia said, “My main focus is to try to help, specifically people with kidney conditions. This is just to show them they don’t need to be scared.

Sonia denied being involved in finding a donor while admitting that she’s currently on dialysis and will remain on it for the rest of her life or find a donor for a transplant.


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