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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson and Thomas Kingsley

Victim hits back as Nigerian politician jailed for UK organ trafficking plot: ‘My body is not for sale’

Met Police

A wealthy Nigerian politician and two others have been jailed for plotting to harvest a man’s kidney, as the victim hit back at the trio telling them “my body is not for sale”.

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and medical “middleman” Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty at the Old Bailey of conspiring to arrange the travel of a young man with a view to exploiting him for his body part.

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