The Lagos street trader who accused the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, of trying to harvest his kidney in the United Kingdom, told a British court on Tuesday that he begged police officers to “save my life”.
The 21-year-old from Lagos, who cannot be named for legal reasons, accused Ike and his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu, of flying him to London in order to harvest his kidney for their 25-year-old daughter Sonia, who has a kidney problem.
The alleged victim told London’s Old Bailey Court that he had slept on the streets for three days after doctors at a London hospital told him he would not be a suitable donor following preliminary tests.
He then walked into a police station last May and said he was “looking for someone to save my life”, the court heard.
In previous testimony, the former street trader alleged that he was recruited by a doctor working for the politician.
He told jurors he thought he was coming to the UK to work and only realised it was for a kidney transplant when he was taken to London’s Royal Free Hospital.
“Nobody told me about kidney transplant,” he said.
