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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver

Nigerian politician accused of organ-harvesting plot ‘feared scam’

Ike Ekweremadu (left) stands for the national anthem during the national inter-denominational funeral rites of Nigeria's secessionist leader Odumegwu Ojukwu in 2012
Ike Ekweremadu (left) pictured in 2012. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images

A Nigerian politician at the centre of an alleged organ-harvesting plot said he feared his family was being scammed by a man from Lagos offering to donate a kidney, the Old Bailey has heard.

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife, Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia, 25, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, are accused of conspiring to arrange or facilitate the travel of the man to exploit him for his kidney. They deny the charge.

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