Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, daughter Sonia, 25, and an associate, Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, have been alleged to have broken modern slavery laws.
The Old Bailey heard on Monday, Ekweremadu was said to have illegally paid a street trader from Lagos, to travel to the UK, for a donation to help his daughter, who suffers from a kidney disease.
Ekweremadu who has been senator since 2003 is on trial charged with exploiting a 21-year-old to come to London and donate a kidney.
While opening the case, prosecutor Hugh Davies KC said Ekweremadu’s status and influence had produced a significant degree of wealth.
He said Sonia Ekweremadu’s state of health could have been alleviated or cured by a kidney transplant, and the family was “close, open and loving”, with a “direct interest in Sonia’s medical treatment.”
However, Davies declared to the jury that rewarding someone…
