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Alleged organ harvesting plot victim pleaded for ‘someone to save my life’

Four people are charged with conspiring to arrange or facilitate the travel of the young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation.

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

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

Man says he was instructed to falsely claim he was cousin of Nigerian politician’s daughter

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

Alleged organ-harvest plot victim travelled to the UK to ‘work’, court told

The man was allegedly brought to the UK to donate a kidney to the sick daughter of a wealthy Nigerian politician.

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023

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Doctor in alleged organ trafficking case suggests Nigerian senator’s family may be paying donor

Dr Peter Dupont, who refused to approve kidney transplant, said ‘wealth disparity’ between alleged victim and accused created cause for concern

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

Nigerian politician accused of organ-harvest plot denies offering reward for kidney

A street trader from Lagos was allegedly offered up to £7,000 in exchange for giving a kidney to Ike Ekweremadu’s sick daughter Sonia

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Wealthy Nigerian politician denies offering reward to prospective kidney donor

A street trader from Lagos was allegedly offered up to £7,000 in exchange for giving a kidney to Ike Ekweremadu’s sick daughter Sonia.

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Doctor accused of organ trafficking posed as cousin of donor, UK court told

Obinna Obeta’s successful transplant allegedly then inspired plot to bring man from Nigeria to donate a kidney

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023

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Powerful Nigerian politician on trial over alleged organ-harvesting plot

It is claimed Sonia Ekweremadu was to have been the recipient of the victim’s kidney in an £80,000 private transplant operation at the Royal Free Hos.

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Nigerian couple plotted to bring man to UK to donate kidney, court told

Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu are on trial with their daughter, said to have been intended recipient, and a doctor

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023

Nigerian senator and family on trial in UK over organ harvesting plot

A wealthy Nigerian politician and his family plotted to bring a street trader from Nigeria to Britain and pay him a few thousand pounds to donate his kidney for a transplant for his ill daughter, a British prosecutor told a London court on Monday.

Reuters · Feb 6, 2023

Nigerian senator ‘flew poor street trader to UK in organ-harvesting plot’

Ike Ekweremadu, a senior senator in the Nigerian Parliament, and his wife were ‘significant figures’ in Nigerian society, the court was told.

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Nigerian senator accused of ‘organ harvesting plot’ at Royal Free Hospital

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, are accused of a plot to harvest the organ of an impoverished street trader from the Nigerian capital of Lagos

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023

Man accused of helping politician to ‘bring man to UK to harvest his kidney’

Obinna Obeta, 50, from Southwark, south London, is charged under the Modern Slavery Act.

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

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