Nwanneka Ekweremadu Wikipedia, Bio, Age, Husband, Daughter, State, Parents, Net Worth
Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu Bio: Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu were arrested by the UK police while transporting a child from Nigeria to the UK for organ harvesting.
They were busted at the Heathrow Airport after the police received an anonymous tip about the illegal transport of the child. Crime like this has been a major problem for north African countries like Nigeria, where people are consoled to sell their organs illegally in exchange for very little money.
Nwanneka Ekweremadu Biography
Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu was born on September 10, 1966 into family of Chief John and Lolo Monica Okah. She is the wife of ex-deputy President of the Nigerian Senate Ike Ekweremadu.
Nwanneka Ekweremadu Educational Background
Mrs. Ekweremadu is also an accomplished academic. She attended St Patrick’s Primary School, Ogbete Enugu and Idaw River Girls’ Secondary School, Awkunanaw Enugu.She is also a product of the prestigious Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, as well as University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Ebonyi State University respectively. She holds the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate degrees.
Nwanneka Ekweremadu Career
Dr. Mrs. Nwanneka Ekweremadu has proven that she is indeed a solid pillar of support to her husband. She has shown great candour and commitment in managing her home, her official duties and dealing with the huge demands from her husband’s vast political field, which stretches beyond Enugu State. She is literally the moving force behind the Ikeoha Foundation – a Non Governmental Organization powered by her husband, Distinguished Senator Ike Ekweremadu.
The Foundation has given new meaning to the lives of innumerable number of women, widows, and youths through scholarships, vocational trainings, poverty alleviation, adult literacy programmes, quiz competition for students etc. Her immense support to her husband buttresses the saying that “behind every successful man, there is always a prayerful and intelligent woman”.
At the professional level, Dr. Mrs Ekweremadu taught at Federal Government College Enugu and Federal Government College Appo, Abuja before joining the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
She is the wife of ex-deputy President of the Nigerian Senate Ike Ekweremadu. He is an Enugu State-born politician and attorney, who has held the office of the Nigerian Senate since 2003. He belongs to the People’s Democratic Party and served as the Nigerian Senate’s deputy president for three consecutive senates. He retired from that position in June 2019.
Nwanneka Ekweremadu Children
Ex-Senator Ike and his Wife Nwanneka are blessed with four children. They are all grown and doing well in their various careers.
Nwanneka Ekweremadu Arrest
She has been charged with her husband for allegedly arranging the transfer of a child who was being sent to the UK from Nigeria for organ harvest. Organ harvest is an illegal offence involving removing a person’s organs without their consent.
The couple was arrested at the Heathrow airport after a tipoff was provided to the police. The arrest resulted from an ongoing investigation carried out by the UK police department. Since May 2022, when the Metropolitan Police was made aware of possible violations of the modern slavery Act.
In May 2023, the United Kingdom court sentenced former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot.
The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years six months while the medical doctor who acted as a ‘middleman’ in the plot, Dr Obinna Obeta, was sentenced to 10 years and his medical licence was also suspended.
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