The father of Ukpo Nwamini David, the young man at the heart of the high-profile organ harvesting scandal that brought down former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu — has died.
Family sources say he passed away on Sunday around midday after years of battling illness, worsened by heartbreak over not being able to see his son since 2022.
Speaking with DAILY POST on Monday morning, one of the deceased’s sons, Boniface Nwamini Ukpo, confirmed the sad news.
“Yes, my father died yesterday. It’s so sad that since the incident happened in 2022, we have not spoken with my brother, David Nwamini. My father has been sick over the saga, and yesterday he finally died,” Boniface said.
The case that tore the family apart dates back to 2022, when Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and Nigerian doctor Obinna Obeta were convicted in London for conspiring to traffic David from Lagos to the UK to harvest his kidney for the senator’s ailing daughter.
In May 2023, the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed Ekweremadu’s sentence: nine years and eight months in prison — the first conviction of its kind in the UK for illegal organ harvesting. His wife was handed four years and six months, while Obeta, the alleged middleman, received 10 years behind bars.
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