London — A senior Nigerian politician, along with his wife and another man, were found guilty by a U.K. court Thursday of attempted organ trafficking. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of Nigeria's senate, his wife Beatrice and Dr. Obinna Obeta were convicted of "exploiting a vulnerable victim for illegal organ harvesting" after bringing a 21-year-old man to the U.K. from Lagos, according to the U.K.'s Crown Prosecution Service.

The Criminal Court in London heard the kidney was intended for the Nigerian couple's 25-year-old daughter Sonia, who was cleared of the charge of organ trafficking Thursday, the BBC reported.

Sonia Ekweremadu had suffered from "deteriorating kidneys" and required "regular dialysis," according to prosecutors. Authorities "found evidence that her parents, Ike and Beatrice Ekeweremadu, conspired with Dr. Obeta to identify individuals in Nigeria whose kidneys might be harvested for Sonia's benefit."

In February 2022, the victim, a street trader, was trafficked to London and "was kept under the direction and financial control of the defendants… The conspirators' plan was for the victim to provide a kidney to Sonia Ekweremadu in exchange for the suggested amount of either £2,400 or £7,000 and the promise of work in the U.K.," the prosecutor said in the statement.

The court heard the defendants had attempted to convince doctors at London's Royal Free Hospital that the victim and Sonia Ekweremadu were cousins in a bid to justify the victim's temporary travel visa to the U.K.

The victim had undergone a kidney screening, but a consultant doctor had concluded the donor was unsuitable after learning he'd been given no counselling or advice about the risks of the surgery and lacked funds for the lifelong care he would need afterward.

Authorities were made aware of the case when the victim entered a local police station in West London and said he had been trafficked from Nigeria and that someone was trying to transplant his kidney.


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This will further compound our already battered national image among committee of nations.

Though, I feel for what Ekweremadu is passing through, but the incidence isn’t a good PR for our country in the international community.

Awaiting the sentencing, minimum of 40 years imprisonment for the destiny looter.

🚦What good can he boost off whilst in Senate?
🚦How close was he to the common man whilst in Senate?
🚦How many favourable bill did he pass as deputy senate President?

Now you want our sympathy, no be ju ju be that!

SO WE ARE ALL COMMON CRIMINALS.

OBVIOUSLY A FAILURE. WHAT A FARCE?

THE IGBOS MUST COMPENSATE THE YORUBAS FOR MAKING BANJO AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT.

OBJ & BAT. afyna.

Na dem.......

HARDPENIS & BORN2FUCK, DO YOU HEAR THAT?

See as baba gentle for inside cell picture... oyinbo law can gentle an arrogant man oo

How come he is still in UK ,why not do those things they do back home, like fall sick and tell the court you need agbo in Nigeria to cure . Or quicky change UK law , do I need to teach Ekweremadu how they used to do it.

Obeta own don spoil finish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NPrQSZ4W_8

Nigerian politician and wife guilty of organ harvesting plot in London