A former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has joined the list of notable Nigerians who have either been locked up in foreign jails in the past or are still serving jail terms.Ekweremadu was sentenced on Friday to about 10 years' imprisonment along with his wife, Beatrice, on the charge of conspiracy to traffic organs.Nigeria's longest-serving deputy senate president is now in the company of notable Nigerians who have tested or are testing prisons on...

Ekweremadu, his wife, and a medical doctor in the UK are the first human trafficking offenders to be jailed under the Modern Slavery Act.The former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have made history as the first defendants to be convicted under the United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery Act.On Friday, May 5, 2023, the Nigerian legislator was jailed at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, for a total of 10 years an...

Yesterday, the former deputy senate president; Senator Ike Ekeremadu officially declared his interest in vying for the governorship position of Enugu state, and this development has made many members of the People Democratic Party be unhappy and downcast.According to them, the Senator is not honoring the 'oral zoning agreement' made within the party in 2013.However, Ekeremadu has challenged anyone to give details of the zoning arrangement and there have been several...