Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has been found guilty of organ trafficking by a United Kingdom court.<\/p>\n
His wife Beatrice and Obinna Obeta, a doctor involved in the case, were also found guilty.<\/p>\n
The jury found that they conspired to bring the victim to London to exploit him for his kidney.<\/p>\n
The Old Bailey heard the organ was for the couple\u2019s daughter, Sonia, aged 25.<\/p>\n
She was cleared of the same charge.<\/p>\n
The victim, a street trader from Lagos, was brought to the UK last year to provide a kidney in an \u00a380,000 private transplant at the Royal Free Hospital in London.<\/p>\n
He said he was promised opportunities in the UK for helping, and that he only realized what was going on when he met doctors at the hospital.<\/p>\n
While it is lawful to donate a kidney, it becomes criminal if there is a reward of money or other material advantage.<\/p>\n
When he was rejected as unsuitable, the court heard the Ekweremadus transferred their interest to Turkey and set about finding another donor.<\/p>\n
The Ekweremadus, who have an address in Willesden Green, north-west London, and Dr Obeta, from Southwark, south London, denied the charge against them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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