Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been released from a United Kingdom prison and has returned to Nigeria. According to anonymous sources, Beatrice, sentenced to four years and six months in UK prison, arrived on Tuesday and is currently in Abuja.

The Ekweremadus were convicted in May 2023 for conspiring to exploit a young man for his kidney. Senator Ike Ekweremadu received a nine-year and eight-month sentence, while Dr. Obinna Obeta, their associate, was sentenced to ten years.