Nigerian couple plotted to bring man to UK to donate kidney, court told

Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu are on trial with their daughter, said to have been intended recipient, and a doctor

A Nigerian politician and his wife were involved in a criminal conspiracy to bring a young Lagos street trader to the UK to donate his kidney to their daughter at an NHS hospital in London, the Old Bailey has heard.

On the opening day of their trial, Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife, Beatrice, 56, their daughter Sonia, 25, and a doctor, Obinna Obeta, 51, are accused of organ trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act.