Ike Ekweremadu, the convicted former deputy senate president, may be pardoned by King Charles III on the occasion of the new British monarch's coronation ceremony, according to lawyer Kayode Ajulo.

This was said by Ajulo in an interview that aired on Channels Television on Friday.

He said, “There must be a way out’ King Charles’ coronation is an opportunity for a pardon request.

Remember that Ekweremadu was given a nine-year and-eight-month prison term by a UK court on Friday for his role in a scheme to obtain a man's kidney for his ill daughter.

While Obinna Obeta, a doctor, received a 10-year term for the same offense, Ekweremadu's wife Beatrice received a four-year, six-month sentence.

“Now that Ekweremadu has been sentenced, this is the time to do that (ask for pardon). Tomorrow King Charles III will be coronated as the King of England, as the Head of State.

“There is what is called royal prerogative for pardon, I believe anybody that wants to write a letter, anybody that wants to make a plea for Ekweremadu, this is the best time to ask the sovereignty of the United Kingdom; that is His Majesty King Charles III to pardon Ekweremadu.

“The precedent has been there since as far back as 1717, King George did the same. In 2003 and even as close as 2021, the same thing happened. Sovereign can do that and I believe that is the plea we need to do for Ekweremadu, not to be writing and interfering with the conduct of the court,” Ajulo said.

The three defendants, Ekweremadu, Beatrice, and Obeta, were found guilty of plotting to organize the passage of a young Nigerian man named David Nwamini to Britain in order to take advantage of him for a kidney transplant.

Ekweremadu's ill daughter Sonia needs the organ.

At the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, a conviction is anticipated today following their six-week trial.

Hugh Davies, the prosecutor, informed the jury the behaviour of Ekweremadu showed “entitlement, dishonesty and hypocrisy.”