Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has written a letter to the Chief Clerk of the Central Criminal Court in London on behalf of Ekweremadu.
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in his later pleaded to the chief Clerk of the Central Criminal Court to temper justice with mercy over the conviction of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife.
It would be recalled that Ekweremadu and his wife, alongside a Nigerian doctor, Obinna Obeta, were recently found guilty of attempted organ harvesting of a Nigerian trafficked to Britain to provide a kidney for their ailing daughter.
Obasanjo in the letter dated April 3, and addressed to The Chief Clerk, the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London, titled “Re: Ike Ekweremadu,” said though Ekweremadu’s action was condemnable and unacceptable, he had contributed his quota to the socio-political development of Nigeria, adding that his punishment should consider his past records of good deeds and the plight of his ailing daughter.