Ekweremadu’s organ donor target says ‘they can arrest or kill me in Nigeria’
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
David Nwamini, the target of Ike Ekweremadu’s kidney donor quest, says “they could arrest me or kill me in Nigeria” and is seeking to remain and work in the United Kingdom.
Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President, was on May 5 jailed 10 years and Beatrice his wife for six years at the Old Bailey in London for conspiring to arrange the travel of Nwamini to London to get him to donate his kidney to their daughter, Sonia.
Their middleman, Obinna Obeta, a doctor, was jailed 10 years and his medical licence suspended.
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My body is not for sale, says Nwamini
Nwamini’s impact statement was read in court at the sentencing of the culprits.
He recounted how he was approached with an opportunity to work in the UK, which he had always dreamed of but never thought would happen, per reporting by Vanguard.
“He [Obeta] did not tell me he brought me here for this reason. He did not tell me anything about this,” Nwamini said.
“I would have not agreed to any of this. My body is not for sale.
“I worry for my safety in Nigeria. Those people can do anything. I think they could arrest me or kill me in Nigeria.
“My plan now is to work and to get an education and to play football.”
Nwamini said he did not want to claim compensation from the “bad people” as such compensation would be “cursed and bad luck.”
He disclosed someone visited his father in Nigeria and asked the father to get him to drop the case.
Although it is lawful to donate a kidney in the UK, it becomes criminal if there is a reward.
Ekweremadu and his wife were arrested on 21 June 2022 as they arrived at Heathrow Airport, London.
