Sonia, the daughter of embattled Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has spoken out about her father’s and mother’s imprisonment.
Ekweremadu was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison by a British court for an organ trafficking plan.
The court also condemned his wife, Beatrice, to four years and six months in prison, while Dr. Obinna Obeta, the medical doctor who functioned as a middleman in the conspiracy, was sentenced to ten years in prison and his medical license was suspended.
Sonia responded by saying she felt bad about her parents’ conviction for conspiracy to harvest a human organ.
Sonia, on the other hand, disagreed with her parents’ conviction.
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 to 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.”
