Nigerian Senator Tells Jury at UK Organ Harvesting Trial He Never Agreed to Pay His Daughter’s Kidney Donor

Ike Ekweremadu claims key affidavit was a 'forgery'

Undated image of Sonia Ekweremadu sitting next to a man who allegedly donated a kidney to her, in a restaurant in London in February 2022. Metropolitan Police

LONDON—A wealthy Nigerian senator on trial for organ harvesting has denied he ever promised money or “material advantage” to a young Lagos street trader who was allegedly brought to London to donate a kidney for his seriously ill daughter.

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and daughter Sonia, 25, are on trial along with Obinna Obeta, 50, accused of conspiring to arrange or facilitate the travel of a young man to Britain to exploit him for a body part, namely his kidney. All four deny the charge.