Ekweremadu’s Wife Cries Uncontrollably Under Cross-Examination, Begs For Forgiveness

The wife of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice, wailed uncontrollably during a cross-examination session at the Old Bailey in the ongoing exploitation trial involving the couple, Sonia, their daughter and her doctor Obinna Obeta.

Mrs. Ekweremadu, during the cross-examination led by the Crown’s Ms. Patterson, disclosed that her mother and Senator’s mother have not been well since their arrests in June last year and subsequent trial.

Sobbing profusely, she said: “everything we worked for in 28 years is being destroyed and all sorts of stories are being told about us.’’

Though she admitted to the jury that the family lied that David Nwamini was Sonia’s maternal cousin, she told the court ‘l’ve already said we’re sorry, but that’s not who we are.”

When Ms. Patterson alleged that “you and your family brought him – Nwamini – to exploit him,” the mother of four replied and said: “that’s not true. I just wanted my daughter to get well like any other mother.’’ When Patterson claimed Mrs. Ekweremadu couldn’t have been telling the truth when she said both her and Sonia met Nwamini for lunch a second time in February of last year to thank him for wanting to donate his kidney to her, an agitated Mrs. Ekweremadu responded and told the prosecutor, “if it – the meeting- did not happen, let me not reach my house when I’m going home.”

The prosecution will start their closing speech today.