Nigerian senator and wife ‘plotted to traffic homeless 15-year-old boy to the UK and harvest his organs to give to their daughter who has kidney failure before being arrested at Heathrow with £20,000 in cash,’ court hears
- Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, are both from Nigeria
- Mr Ekweremadu is a People’s Democratic Party politician from African country
- He was once Deputy President of nation’s senate and is a principle in a law firm
- His wife is an academic and doctor in Abuja. Couple were visiting the UK in June
- Child alleged to have been trafficked for organs is now safe with the police
Ike Ekweremadu, a People’s Democratic Party politician for 19 years who was once Deputy President of the nation’s senate, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu are accused of trying to traffic the 15-year-old to the UK from Lagos.
The court heard the couple, who have four children and a house in Willesden, North London, hoped to transplant the boy’s organs to their daughter who suffers from kidney failure.
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