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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Matthew Weaver

Nigerian politician, wife, and a doctor guilty of organ trafficking to UK

Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice
Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were accused of treating the man and other potential donors as ‘disposable assets’. Photograph: Ike Ekweremadu

A senior Nigerian politician, his wife, and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act.

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey.

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