In 2021, Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice and Dr. Obinna Obeta were jailed over an organ harvesting plot.
The plot involved a young man who was deceived and trafficked to the United Kingdom, UK for his kidney.
Ekweremadu, his wife and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced at the UK’s Central Criminal Court, known as the Old Bailey, to nine years and eight months, four years and six months, and 10 years in prison respectively.
The development was the first conviction of its kind under Britain’s modern slavery laws.
The three were found guilty of trafficking a 21-year-old street trader to the UK to provide a kidney for the Ekweremadus’ daughter Sonia.
The Senator’s daughter was suffering from deteriorating kidneys and needs regular dialysis.
Prosecutors said the victim was brought to the UK after being offered a reward of up to £7,000 ($8,810) and the promise of work in the country, but was unaware that he was expected to provide a kidney in return.
A medical consultant called off the planned transplant after becoming suspicious of the circumstances surrounding it and the victim fled, sleeping rough for days before reporting the plan to UK police last May, the CPS said.
The Federal Government is currently working towards transferring the senator to Nigeria.
