{"id":250917,"date":"2023-02-23T04:59:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T03:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=250917"},"modified":"2023-02-23T04:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T03:59:25","slug":"ekweremadu-offered-me-n1-2m-to-donate-my-kidney-to-his-daughter-alleged-victim-tells-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/23\/ekweremadu-offered-me-n1-2m-to-donate-my-kidney-to-his-daughter-alleged-victim-tells-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekweremadu offered me N1.2m to donate my Kidney to his daughter, alleged victim tells court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Lagos-based Nigerian trader has accused former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, of offering him 1.2 million naira to donate his kidney to his daughter, Sonia.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged victim of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/16\/how-medical-secretary-in-uk-hospital-tried-to-help-ekweremadu-harvest-kidney-for-daughter-uk-prosecutor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organ-harvesting<\/a> told a British court he pleaded with police officers in the UK for his life to be saved.<\/p>\n<p>According to DailyMail, in a videotaped interview, he also told police he was treated like a &#8216;slave&#8217; at the house in London where he was staying.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old is alleged to have been the victim of a plot to harvest his kidney and had been sleeping rough for three nights before turning up at Staines Police Station begging for help.<\/p>\n<p>Body-worn footage shown in the Old Bailey on Tuesday showed the man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, crying as he tells a receptionist he has &#8216;no papers&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors were also shown a photograph of the man smiling and sharing a meal with the alleged prospective recipient, Sonia Ekweremadu, the 25-year-old daughter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/31\/alleged-organ-harvesting-ekweremadus-trial-resumes-in-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ekweremadu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, daughter Sonia and medical &#8216;middleman&#8217; Obinna Obeta, stand accused of conspiring to arrange or facilitate the travel of the young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>It is claimed that he was coached before meeting doctors in London and told to say that he was Ms Ekerewadu&#8217;s cousin when they were in fact not related.<\/p>\n<p>The Old Bailey has heard that the proposed donor, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, ran away after doctors decided he was not a suitable candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The man told the police officers: &#8216;He carried me to hospital to remove my kidneys. The doctor said I was too young but the man said if you do not do it here he would carry me back to Nigeria and do it there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On being told he was in Staines, he said: &#8216;I don&#8217;t know anywhere, I don&#8217;t know where I am. I was sleeping three days outside around, looking for someone to help me, save my life.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the court heard that he came from a village in Nigeria and was allegedly recruited by Dr Obinna Obeta while selling phone accessories from a wheelbarrow in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Giving evidence, he told jurors that he thought he was being brought to the UK to work. He said he thought Obeta had been &#8216;sent from God&#8217;, and only found out it was for a kidney transplant when he visited the Royal Free Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged victim appeared in court today via video link wearing a light blue jumper. He was assisted by a lgbo interpreter but spoke in English.<\/p>\n<p>He told how he was born and bred in a village in Nigeria, the oldest of nine children to his carpenter father and mother.<\/p>\n<p>He told the court he was brought up in a Nigerian village by his father, a carpenter, and his mother, with four younger brothers and four younger sisters, and he does not know his own date of birth, but believes he is 22 years old.<\/p>\n<p>His village had no running water or electricity and the family would mainly grow their own food, he told the court.<\/p>\n<p>The young man was &#8216;shocked&#8217;, felt like crying, and told jurors: &#8216;Nobody told me about kidney transplant.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The court also heard how he was allegedly directed to lie to the doctor and claim Sonia was his first cousin.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office received his visa application on 6 January 2022, which said that he wanted to travel to the UK with his &#8216;cousin&#8217; Sonia for an organ donation.<\/p>\n<p>It stated: &#8216;Senator Ike Ekweremadu is sponsoring my medical treatment to enable me to donate an organ to Sonia Chinoso Ekweremadu in Royal Free Hospital London.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wish to state in conclusion of this application that I would be donating an organ to my closest cousin in appreciation for her sacrifices towards me, my family and our community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am willing to put my life on the line for her to live and continue her good service to humanity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Finally I wish to say that I will be travelling in company with my uncle Obinna Abalgou, he has been a father figure, since I lost my biological father&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed he was told he had to go ahead with the operation in exchange for 1.2 million naira (around \u00a32,000).<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I was afraid because I don&#8217;t know what they are going to do to me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He initially set off on foot from London not knowing where he was going and asked any black people he saw for help.<\/p>\n<p>Even though he was given money, he had nowhere to stay so decided to ask for directions to a police station, the court was told.<\/p>\n<p>The Ekweremadus, who have an address in Willesden Green, north-west London, and Obeta, from Southwark, south London, deny the charge against them and the Old Bailey trial continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lagos-based Nigerian trader has accused former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, of offering him 1.2 million naira to donate his kidney to his daughter, Sonia. 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