A Nigerian lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, has written to King Charles III, pleading for a prerogative of mercy for the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, over their conviction by the British court on Friday, May 5 for organ harvesting.
The lawyer made the plea in Abuja on Saturday in a letter he addressed to the newly crowned British monarch.
Summit Nigeria on had earlier reported that Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice were sentenced to prison for organ trafficking.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ajulo in his letter said, “Your Majesty, though invigorated by your coronation, I witnessed the same with mixed emotions.
“Ekweremadu and his wife have been convicted and sentenced accordingly and I plead that you graciously and mercifully invoke the Royal Prerogative of Mercy in favour of the couple.”
He described the chronicle of the Nigerian former federal lawmaker and his wife as a sad one that left a bitter taste in the mouth.
Ajulo, who said Ekweremadu and his wife’s action was a “desperate” move by parents in their quest to save the life of their daughter Sonia, noted that the lady in question (Sonia) was in dire need of a kidney transplant but unfortunately, her parents and their doctor went about the mission in the most unsavoury of ways.
According to him, Ekweremadu may have chosen to not publicly advertise for a kidney donor to avoid swindlers who could take undue advantage of his daughter’s ailment.
