The father of Ukpo Nwamini David, the young man at the center of Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s infamous UK kidney transplant case, has reportedly died of heartbreak after years of not seeing his son.
Boniface Nwamini Ukpo, one of the deceased’s sons, confirmed the death, according to DAILYPOST, saying their father passed away on Sunday around noon.
“Yes, my father died yesterday afternoon by 12 p.m. It’s so sad that since the incident happened in 2022, we have not spoken with my brother, David,” Boniface said. “My father had been sick over the saga, and yesterday he finally died.”
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David Nwamini was taken to the United Kingdom in 2022 by Senator Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and Nigerian doctor Obinna Obeta, allegedly to harvest his kidney for the senator’s ailing daughter. The plan unraveled when David raised the alarm, sparking the UK’s first-ever illegal organ harvesting prosecution.
In May 2023, a London court sentenced Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months in prison. His wife, Beatrice, received four years and six months, while Obeta was handed a 10-year sentence. Prosecutors described Obeta as the middleman in the scheme.
Since the case began, David’s family says they have had no contact with him, with his whereabouts remaining unclear. The long separation, coupled with the scandal’s emotional toll, was said to have weighed heavily on his father until his death.
