Sonia said she feels guilty about the conviction of her parents on conspiracy to harvest a human organ
Sonia, daughter of embattled Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has broken the silence on the sentencing of her father, and mother, Beatrice.
A court in the United Kingdom sentenced Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot.
The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years six months while the medical doctor who acted as a ‘middleman’ in the plot, Dr Obinna Obeta, was sentenced to 10 years and his medical license was also suspended.
Reacting, Sonia said she feels guilty about the conviction of her parents on conspiracy to harvest a human organ.
In an interview with BBC on Friday, monitored by The Nation, she, however, disagreed with the conviction of her parents.
She said: “I understand the conviction, however, I personally disagree with it. That is from a very biased perspective as their daughter, I will obviously always back my parents.
“However, the law has taken its course, we just need to move on as one family,” she said.
The 25-year-old daughter of the embattled Senator, said she is undergoing dialysis.
Sonia described her disease as Nephrotic syndrome — a kind of kidney disorder that makes the body pass too much protein in the urine.
She further explained that she has two options “which is go stay on dialysis for the rest of her life or undergo a kidney transplant.”
Sonia said: “I do not have a hand in all the medical activities, my family is the one handling everything.
“I don’t think things will ever be the same, already I feel guilty, because I feel all these happened because of me.”
