The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has joined others in pleading with the UK government to show leniency with a former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who has been found guilty of organ harvesting.
LEADERSHIP earlier reported that the House of Representatives wrote to the United Kingdom government, especially the parliament, asking to intervene in the case.
In a statement issued by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, NiDCOM, in Abuja on Wednesday, Dabiri-Erewa pleaded with the court to show compassion and sympathy.
“I join men and women of goodwill to plead for clemency for Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, if only even considering the psychological trauma, Sonia, the daughter, would be going through knowing that her parents are in jail because they tried to save her from a health condition she had no control over,” she pleaded.
Dabiri-Erewa also implored the UK government to temper justice with mercy, and admitted that “mistakes have been made, and lessons learned”.
The NiDCOM boss posited that though there is no ignorance before the law, Ekweremadu and his wife acted under the instincts of being parents to save an ailing daughter, and not for commercial purposes.
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