discussion Organ Harvesting:High ranking Nigerian politician and his academic wife arrested

[AlanRickman1946]

The Nigerian couple arrested on suspicion of plotting to harvest the organs of a child in the UK are one of the west African nation's most high profile politicians and his wife, MailOnline can reveal today. 

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a People's Democratic Party politician for 19 years who was once Deputy President of the nation's senate, was held with Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, in Britain this month.

 

A NHS consultant blew the whistle on the former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate and his wife accused of trafficking a teenager they found on the streets of Lagos and passing him off as 41 to harvest his organs for their sick daughter in London, a court has heard.

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Ekweremadu, 55, are accused of taking the homeless youngster to the UK from Nigeria to transplant his organs to their daughter who is suffering from kidney failure.

 

The 15-year-old was given the passport of a 41-year-old in order to get into the UK, but did not know he was there to donate a kidney until he went a hospital appointment in London, a court heard yesterday.

After he arrived in the capital in February he had a string of medical appointments about kidney donation, but a consultant at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, North London, became concerned about the boy's real age and if he knew he was there to donate an organ, it is alleged.

 

Prosecutor Damla Ayas told Uxbridge Magistrates Court yesterday: 'The victim was 15. In Nigeria he was approached by both defendants. He was homeless on the streets of Lagos. They deceived him and promised him a better life in the UK. He was given a passport for a 41-year-old. The passport was illegally obtained by these defendantsHe was provided with a medical travel visa saying the purpose of the travel was to provide medical treatment for the defendants' daughter who was undergoing dialysis in relation to a number of health issues.

'It was premeditated, it was planned. Blood tests were obtained in Nigeria and he travelled to the UK in February this year.

 

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10948971/amp/London-doctor-turned-Nigerian-organ-harvesting-parents.html

 

Summary:

-Parents in  Nigeria needed a kidney transplant for their daughter in London

-They approached a homeless teenager in Lagos and promised him a better life in London.

-They got him a passport which listed his age as 41

-The doctor in London noticed the teenager did not seem to know he was an organ donor and flagged it to the authorities.

Edited June 24, 2022 by AlanRickman1946

[Seiko Oomori]

extremely scary..

[Genius1111]

Absolutely disgusted 

[aesthetic bih]

So scary and messed up

[Grumpy Cat]

Not surprising. Glad it got caught on time!

[Horizon Flame]

Ugh.