Why Ike Ekweremadu Should Be Shown Mercy – Obasanjo Writes UK  Court | LETTER ATTACHED

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has written to the Central Criminal Court in the United Kingdom (UK), pleading that the court show mercy on Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice.

Recall that the UK Court on March 28, 2023 convicted the Ekweremadu’s on the charge of conspiring to harvest the organ of a 21-year-old for their daughter, Sonia’s transplant.

Pleading on behalf of Ike Ekweremadu, Obasanjo in a  letter dated April 3, 2023, recalled the humanitarian activities Ekweremadu has engaged in, amongst others and begged the court to be magnanimous enough to temper justice with mercy.

The letter read partly;

“Mr Chief Clerk, I am very much aware of the current travails and conviction of Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in the United Kingdom resulting from their being charged with conspiring to arrange the travel of a 21-year old from Nigeria to the UK in order to harvest organs for their daughter.

“I do realise the implications of their action and I dare say, it is unpleasant and condemnable and can’t be tolerated in any sane or civilised society.

“However, it is my fervent desire that for the very warm relations between the United Kingdom and Federal Republic of Nigeria; for his position as one of the distinguished senators in the Nigerian parliament, and also for the sake of their daughter in question whose current health condition is in danger and requires an urgent medical attention, you will use your good offices to intervene and appeal to the court and the Government of United Kingdom to be magnanimous enough to temper justice with mercy and let punishment that may have to come take their good character and parental instinct and care into consideration.

“I do hope Mr and Mrs Ekweremadu have learnt from this distressing experience of theirs to guide their future actions or inaction so they will continue to be outstanding members of their community and will continue to contribute fully to the good of the society in particular and the nation in general.”

“Within this period, I have followed and watched, with keen interest, Ike Ekweremadu’s inspiring career which traversed private legal practice and public administration.

“During my administration as a democratically-elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria between 1999 and 2007, Ike Ekweremadu and I had close relationship and interactions as staunch members of our political party, Peoples Democratic Party, and more so as he got elected into the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2003, of which he has since remained a member till date

“I truly cherish his God-fearing, dispassionate, moderate and pan-Nigerian approach to national issues and developments, in our multi-ethnic, multi-religious geo-polity”.