Slavery charge over ‘plot to harvest kidney’

A man has been charged over an alleged plot with a Nigerian politician to harvest a man’s kidney.

Obinna Obeta, 50, from Southwark, south London, is charged under the Modern Slavery Act with arranging the travel of a man with a view to him being exploited between August 2021 and May this year.

It is alleged Ike Ekweremadu, a district senator and lawyer, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, his wife, brought the man from Nigeria to the UK, in a plan to have his kidney removed to be given to their daughter.

The couple deny all wrongdoing. The three defendants are to appear at the Old Bailey on Aug 4.