By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau
Apparently concerned by the travails of the former Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Nwanneka Beatrice, Nigeria’s ex-President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has written a passionate letter to the British authorities to temper justice with mercy in handing down sentence to the Ekweremadu’s in their Organ Harvesting Case in London.
In a two-page letter written and signed by Obasanjo himself and addressed to The Chief Clerk, Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London, obtained by Prompt News on Wednesday, the elder statesman, appealed to the Chief Clerk of the London court to take into consideration the age-long cordial relationship between the United Kingdom (UK) and Federal Republic of Nigeria to appeal to the court and government of UK to let the sentencing of the accused consider their good character and parental instincts and care be taken into consideration.
Obasanjo who described the crime ascribed to the Ekweremadu’s as unpleasant and condemnable and should not be tolerated in civilized society however pleaded that Ekweremadu and wife who have used their Ikeoha Foundation to do many charitable works for the benefits of society and his conferment with the coveted honour of the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) are testament to his service to Nigeria.
The former Nigeria Military Head of State from 1976 to 1979, posited that Mr. and Mrs. Ekweremadu have learnt their lessons and pleaded that their sentencing be reduced so that they can still in future contribute to the development of society and country.
