Nigerian Politician and Wife Convicted in UK Organ Trafficking Plot
Nigerian politician Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and a medical middleman have been found guilty of conspiring to exploit a 21-year-old man from Lagos for his kidney in an organ-trafficking plot. The organ was intended for the couple's daughter, who has a debilitating illness and remains on weekly dialysis. The victim was brought to the UK last year to provide a kidney in an £80,000 private transplant at the Royal Free Hospital in London. The Ekweremadus and the middleman were convicted of the first such case under modern slavery laws. The victim was offered up to £7,000 and promised opportunities in the UK for helping, and only realized what was going on when he met doctors at the hospital.
