Nigerian Doctor Indicted in the UK With Plotting With Senator Ekweremadu and wife For Alleged Kidney Harvesting
Obinna Obeta, a Nigerian doctor living in the United Kingdom, has been accused of conspiring with former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, to traffic a homeless man into the country in order to harvest a kidney for their daughter.
Obeta, 50, appeared in Bexley Magistrate Court on Thursday, July 13, and was charged under the Modern Slavery Act with organising the trip of a 21-year-old male with the intent of exploiting him between August of last year and May of this year.
A second indictment says that he conspired with the former Senate President to arrange or enable the man's travel in order for him to be exploited, specifically for organ harvesting.
You will recall that the Ekweremadus are being tried in the UK on allegations of organ harvesting after a 21-year-old man, David Ukpo, whom they took to the UK, approached the authorities and claimed to be "15" years old. The Nigerian lawmaker and his wife were detained in the United Kingdom on June 21 after arriving at Heathrow from Turkey.
David lied about his age, as the biodata on his Nigerian bank accounts and the National Identity Management Commission NIMC showed he was 21 years old.
Obeta was accused on Thursday with arranging or enabling another person's travel for the purpose of exploitation and conspiring with Ike Ekweremadu.
Prosecutor Tim Probert-Wood previously told the court that the case featured "exploitation and organ harvesting." The prosecutor informed the court that the Ekweremadus intended to have David's kidney removed and donated to their daughter.
''The case began on 5 May 2022 when the complainant presented himself at Staines Police Station and claimed he had been transported to this country for the purpose of his kidney being removed.
He arrived on 20th February 2022 and was taken to Royal Free Hospital where tests were conducted. For the purpose he was there he did not consent to the taking of his kidney.
He returned to the house he was staying and his treatment changed dramatically. He described being treated effectively as a slave.'' Probert-Wood said
However, counsel to Mr. Ekweremadu, Martin Hicks, QC, insisted that the former Senate President and his wife did no wrong
'We deny that there was any exploitation or any intent to do so. The argument will be factual denial.'
All three defendants, who are in custody, are due to appear at the Old Bailey on August 4.
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