Ike Ekweremadu: Seun Kuti berates Obasanjo over clemency plea

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Grammy-nominated afrobeat artiste, Seun Kuti has berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his letter to the United Kingdom court for clemency for former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife found guilty of organ trafficking.

The former president in a letter dated April 3, and addressed to The Chief Clerk, the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London, pleaded with the UK court to temper justice with mercy over the conviction of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice.

However, Seun Kuti chided the former president for not extending a similar gesture to young Nigerians in prisons.

He spoke during an Instagram live session on Thursday.

He said: “Obasanjo did not write [a] letter on behalf of the many young Nigerians in prison, even for non-violent crimes but he wrote a letter for Ike Ekweremadu who wanted to harvest another person’s organ, destroy another person’s life for his daughter.”