UK doctor indicted with Sen. Ike Ekweremadu in organ harvesting scandal

*Fifty-year-old medical doctor Obinna Obeta, in another charge, purportedly conspired with Sen. Ike Ekweremadu and Beatrice, his wife, to arrange or facilitate the travel of the victim with a view to his being exploited, namely organ harvesting

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

A medical doctor in the United Kingdom (UK) has been charged with plotting with Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a former Deputy Senate President, and Beatrice, his wife, to traffic a man into the country to harvest a kidney for their daughter.

Ekweremadu, who is currently a Senator, in the National Assembly (NASS), in Abuja, FCT, is being held alongside his wife by the UK authorities over allegations that he brought a young man into the country for the purpose of organ harvesting.

ConsumerConnect learnt 50-year-old Obinna Obeta, the medical doctor, resides in Southwark, in South London.

Obeta was charged under the Modern Slavery Act with arranging the travel of the 21-year-old man with a view to his being exploited between last August 2021 and May 2022, reports Daily Mail UK.

The defendant, in another charge, was purported to have conspired with the Ekweremadus to arrange or facilitate the travel of the victim with a view to his being exploited, namely organ harvesting.

The doctor was brought to the Bexley Magistrates’ Court July 13, while arguments in the case were heard Friday, July 22.

The Nigerian Federal lawmaker and his wife, who have since denied any wrongdoing were taken to detention following their arrest June 21, at Heathrow Airport,  after arriving on a flight from Turkey.

Sequel to couple’s arrest by the London Metropolitan (Met) Police, the duo appeared before a UK court, which ordered that they should be remanded in custody till July 7 while investigations continued into the allegations against them.

While the Met Police said the donor was 15, he was reported to have refused to consent to the procedure after undergoing tests at the Royal Free Hospital, in Hampstead, North-West London.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), in a statement, however, disclosed that the regulatory agency issued an international passport indicating the man’s age as 21 after due process.

On July 1, a Federal High Court, in Abuja, ordered the NIS, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), and two commercial banks to release the details of the said victim in their possession to Ekweremadu and his wife.

Barely a week later, the Westminster Magistrates’ Court ruled that the kidney donor was not a minor after confirming his age as 21.

Meanwhile, both Sen. Ekweremadu, Beatrice, and Obeta are due to appear at the Old Bailey August 4, 2022.

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