Tag: Modern Slavery Act

  • How Ekweremadu escaped life imprisonment in UK

    How Ekweremadu escaped life imprisonment in UK

    In a landmark judgment under the UK Modern Slavery ACT 2015, an embattled Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were convicted on May 5, having been found guilty of offences bothering on organ trafficking in a trial that lasted over 10 months. At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Ekweremadu was jailed for nine…