Sonia, the daughter of embattled former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu said she feels guilty that her parents were convicted because they were looking for ways to find a solution to her health condition.
Recall that in March 2023, a UK jury found that Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and a doctor, Obinna Obeta, criminally conspired to bring a 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney.
The young man was said to have been falsely presented as Sonia’s cousin in a failed bid to persuade doctors to carry out an £80,000 private procedure at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
An Old Bailey Court jailed all three of them on Friday.
Ekweremadu was sentenced to nine years and eight months, Beatrice was sentenced to four years and six months in prison, while “middleman” medical doctor Obeta received a 10-year prison term.
But, Sonia, who is currently undergoing dialysis, was also on trial alongside her parents, was not convicted.
Sonia said she and her siblings were surprised when the police knocked on their door and informed them of their purpose.
Sonia said she disagreed with the conviction of her parents.
She said, “I understand the conviction, however, I personally disagree with it. That is from a very bias perspective as their daughter, I will obviously always back my parents.