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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennink

Nigerian family accused in court of failing to ‘step up’ for organ donation

A senior Nigerian politician failed to seek a family member to “step up” and donate a kidney to his sick daughter as it was “far better to buy one”, it has been claimed in court.

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia, 25, and medical “middleman” Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, are on trial at the Old Bailey over an alleged plot to bring a young man to Britain for his body part.

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