Ike Ekweremadu: Seun Kuti berates Obasanjo over mercy plea

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

Recall that 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.

Reacting, Seun Kuti berated the former Head of State 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.”