Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Nigerian lawmaker who was jailed for organ harvesting in the United Kingdom, has reacted to the sentencing of her father and mother.
Reacting shortly after the court sentenced her father to nine years and four months in jail and her mother to four years and six months, Sonia said that she felt guilty; however, she disagrees with the judiciary.
In an interview with the BBC on Friday,
She said, “I understand the conviction; however, I personally disagree with it.” “That is from a very biased perspective as their daughter, and 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: “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 things happened because of me.”
