A former three-term Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, 60, was on Friday jailed in the United Kingdom for nine years and eight months for an organ trafficking plot. His wife, Beatrice, 56, was also jailed for four years and six months due to her “more limited involvement” in the plot, as the court described
Obiozor, Ohanaeze Ndigbo president-general dies
George Obiozor, president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, is dead. Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, announced the development in a statement on Wednesday night. “On behalf of the Government and people of Imo State, I, Senator Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor of Imo State, sorrowfully announce the passage of a great Son of Imo
Ohanaeze faults judgment on Ekweremadu’s interim asset forfeiture
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has faulted the hasty judgement passed by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court to the effect that Senator Ike Ekweremadu should forfeit his 40 landed properties. Ohanaeze in a statement issued on Saturday, through its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, said it stands on moral