Nigerian senator accused of organ harvesting attempt in UK

One of many two accused individuals within the case is a former Nigerian deputy senate president.

A suspected victim of human trafficking is pictured here
A suspected sufferer of human trafficking is seen in Nairobi, Kenya, August 4, 2020 [File: Jackson Njehia/Reuters]

Two Nigerians, together with a serving senator, have been charged with plotting to have a baby introduced into the UK to reap their organs, the London police have stated.

“The investigation was launched after detectives have been alerted to potential offences beneath fashionable slavery laws, in Might 2022,” the police stated in a press release on Thursday.

Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, have been charged with conspiracy to rearrange the journey of one other particular person with a view to exploitation, specifically organ harvesting.

They may seem at Uxbridge Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom in London in a while Thursday.

The kid has been safeguarded, and work was beneath manner to offer extra assist, the police stated. No different particulars got.

Ekweremadu, a former Nigerian deputy senate president, is from the southeastern state of Enugu.

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