Just In: Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and daughter found guilty of organ tr@fficking in the U.K.

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has been found guilty of organ tr@fficking by a United Kingdom court.

The 60-year-old was found guilty alongside his wife, Beatrice; their daughter, Sonia; and their doctor, Obinna Obeta.

U.K. Guardian reports that they were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploit@tion after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey.

They crimin@lly conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to expl%it him for his kidney, the jury found.

The judge, Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson, will pass sentence at a later date.