Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, daughter Sonia, and an associate, Dr Obinna Obeta, have been alleged to have broken modern slavery laws.
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 for exploiting a 21-year-old to come to London and donate a kidney.
While opening the case, prosecutor Hugh Davies KC said Sonia Ekweremadu’s state of health could have been alleviated or cured by a kidney transplant, However, he chose to reward someone for a kidney donation which was criminal.
Davies told the jury, that “Steps were taken to create the wholly false impression that the alleged victim and Sonia Ekweremadu were cousins.
