Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta were in May, 2023, sentenced at the UK’s Central Criminal Court, known as the Old Bailey, to nine years and eight months, four years and six months, and 10 years in prison respectively in the first conviction of its kind under Britain’s modern slavery laws.

ArmadaNews confirmed from multiple sources that Mrs. Ekweremadu has regained her freedom from the UK prison and has returned to Nigeria.