Ekweremadu: Judge fixes date for sentence, frees Sonia

The judge who tried Ike Ekweremadu, Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson, has fixed 5 May as day to pass sentence.

This is even as fresh facts emerged that Ekweremadu’s daughter Sonia

was found not guilty in the case.

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey.