A United Kingdom-based doctor has been accused of conniving with the Nigerian ex-Deputy Senate President facing trial on trafficking and organ harvesting in the UK, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife to traffic a homeless man into the UK to harvest his kidney for their daughter.
The doctor, Obinna Obeta, 50, from Southwark, south London, is charged under the Modern Slavery Act, Daily Mail reports.
Obeta, who appeared at Bexley Magistrates’ Court on 13 July, is charged with arranging the travel of 21-year-old Davi Ukpo from Nigeria to the UK.
He is also accused of conspiring with 60-year-old Ike Ekweremadu – a barrister and former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate – to arrange or facilitate the travel of the man with a view to him being exploited through organ harvesting.
According to Daily Mail, all three defendants, who are in custody, are due to appear at the Old Bailey on August 4.