September 08, (THEWILL) – A major docu-series on the incarcerated former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice is in the works. The docu-series titled ‘Daniel vs Ekweremadu’, is written and directed by filmmaker and media personality, Chude Jideonwo. ‘Daniel’ is the name given by the documentary filmmakers to the victim-survivor. It follows a directive from the judge of the case for the real name to remain undisclosed. ‘Daniel vs Ekweremadu’ tells the story of Senator Ekweremadu’s fall from deputy senate president to British jailbird upon his conviction for organ harvesting. Part 1 of the two-part docu-series was released in late August.
Shot in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, the series includes exclusive access to British prosecutors, the police, the family of the survivor-victim, in this case, ‘Daniel’ amongst others. Some of the revelations the docu-series will be highlighting is how Evelyn Agbasonu, an Igbo interpreter who allegedly asked for payment of £1,500 to help coach ‘Daniel’ who was approached to secure a private kidney transplant for Sonia, daughter of the Ekweremadus, turned on her clients. ‘Daniel’ reportedly said in court that Agabsonu, a longtime staff of the Royal Free Hospital turned on the Ekweremadus, saying to him (Daniel), ‘don’t do it’.
Agbasonu had helped interpret Igbo in an initial meeting between Dr. Peter Dupont who was to carry out the procedure (organ removal) and ‘Daniel.’ It was after the meeting that the doctor decided the transplant could not go ahead. Ekweremadu’s brother, Diwe, brokered the meeting between Agbasonu, ‘Daniel’ and the Ekweremadus, unknown to him about what she eventually planned on doing. The Ekweremadus were sentenced last year to 10 years and six years respectively in a British jail for human trafficking. They became the first set of people to be sentenced to jail alongside a doctor-friend, Obinna Obeta, under the United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery Law.
