EKWEREMADU: VICTIM PLEADS TO BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

"I'm scared, I can't return to Nigeria..."

The victim at the center of former Nigerian Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu's organ trafficking ordeal has stated that he want to remain and work in the UK since "they could arrest or kill me in Nigeria."

According to Independence UK, the victim, David Nwamini, stated this in his impact statement, which was read in court on Friday, May 5.

Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and the doctor-middleman Obinna Obeta, 51, were convicted at the Old Bailey after being found guilty of arranging to organize a young man's travel in order to exploit him for a body part.

David Nwamini claimed he was enticed to the United Kingdom by a work chance there.

According to him, "He (Dr Obina Obeta) did not tell me he brought me here for this reason. He did not tell me anything about this. 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."

According to the investigation, he told officers that claiming compensation from the "bed people" would be "cursed and bad luck."

He further said that someone paid a visit to his father in Nigeria and begged him to abandon the case.