BY DAYO ADESULU
Sonia Ekweremadu has called on Nigerians for voluntary kidney donations to her and her father, revealing publicly that kidney issue runs in her family, stressing that her father too is having acute kidney damage.
That made Sonia, a daughter of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, broke her silence Monday since her organ donor scandal began to make the news.
Sonia, 25 who spoke 8in a lengthy Instagram post, disclosed that her kidney problem prompted her dropping out of the University of Newcastle in 2019.
According to her, after being diagnosed with a rare kidney disease, FSGS Nephrotic Syndrome, she had no option but seek for treatment.
She, however stated that she lives presently in London, UK, where she receives five hours of dialysis 3-4 times a week.
“In the time that my father has been incarcerated, he has been diagnosed with acute kidney damage”.
Her words: “In the circumstance above, I am appealing to anybody whom it may please to assist me willingly with a kidney donation in the name of God.
“This appeal would have been utterly unnecessary as every member of my family is eager to donate their kidney to me, knowing that I would do the same for any of them.
“Regrettably, a comprehensive medical examination showed that my case of nephrotic syndrome is a genetic illness and the doctors advised against donation from any of my family members, as it would likely reoccur.
“In the time that my father has been incarcerated, he has been diagnosed with acute kidney damage.”
Recall that the Credible had reported that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were arrested by the Specialist Crime Team of the Metropolitan Police in London, United Kingdom, for bringing a child into the country to allegedly harvest his organs.
They were arrested in June 2022 at the Heathrow Airport in London and arraigned before a UK Magistrate’s Court.
While Ekweremadu’s wife was granted bail by a criminal court in London, the Senator was denied the same and had been in the custody of UK authorities since June 23.
Last week, David Ukpo, the victim of the alleged organ harvest involving Senator Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside its July 1 order for the release of his bio-data for use in a London Court in Ekweremadu’s trial.
