Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has joined others in pleading with the UK government to show leniency with former Nigeria Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, awaiting the verdict of the court on organ harvesting.
In a statement on Wednesday by the Head of Media Public Relations and Protocols of NIDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa pleaded with the court to show compassion and sympathy in this case.
” I join men and women of goodwill to plead for clemency for Sen. Ike Ekweremadu , if only even considering the psychological trauma, Sonia , the daughter, would be going through knowing that her parents are in jail because they tried to save her from a health condition she had no control over”, Dabiri-Erewa pleaded.
Dabiri-Erewa implored the UK government to temper justice with mercy, while admitting that “mistakes have been made , and lessons learnt”. The NIDCOM boss while stating that though there is no ignorance before the law, however explained that Ekweremadu and his wife acted under natural instincts of parents to save an ailing daughter, and not for commercial purposes.