I was told to lie at organ transplant meeting, alleged victim tells UK court

Sonia Ekweremadu (left) and her mother, Beatrice, outside the Old Bailey. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

An alleged victim of organ trafficking was instructed to falsely tell a London doctor that he was cousins with the daughter of a Nigerian politician before a meeting about donating his kidney, the Old Bailey has heard.

Appearing in court for the first time, the man, who cannot be named, said he did not know why he had been taken to see the doctor until he mentioned a kidney transplant. “I was shocked because this was first time I heard about it,” he told the jury.