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The victim in the centre of former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu’s organ harvesting saga has said he is “not for sale”.
A United Kingdom Court on Friday sentenced Ekweremadu to a total of nine years and eight months imprisonment, and his wife, Beatrice, was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment for plotting to harvest a man’s kidney.
The third accomplice, a Medical Doctor, Dr Obinna Obeta, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
Ekweremadu, his wife and Obeta were found guilty at the Old Bailey of conspiring to arrange the travel of the victim, a young man, with a view to exploiting him for his body part.
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But the victim, who cannot be named because of legal reasons, claimed he was lured to the United Kingdom under the pretense of job opportunity in the country.
The victim said this in his impact statement which was read in Court on Friday, Independence UK reports.
In the statement, the victim revealed his humble background in a Lagos village where he said he is the oldest of seven siblings living in a home without electricity or running water.
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