The trial of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu continued on Monday as the victim testified at the Old Bailey court in Central England, the United Kingdom.
Ekweremadu is standing trial for allegedly plotting to harvest the kidney of a 22-year-old street trader.
Also being tried alongside the Nigerian lawmaker are his wife, Beatrice, 25, year-old daughter Sonia, and a doctor, Obinna Obeta.
They are accused of conspiring to exploit the man for his organ.
They had pleaded not guilty to the charges and they face life imprisonment if convicted.
In Britain, it is legal to donate a kidney, but not for reward.
Prosecutors say regardless of whether the Lagos street trader gave his consent, a crime wascommitted.
At the continuation of the trial on Monday, the victim was reported to have told the court the version of his story.
Speaking through an interpreter via a video link, the victim said he arrived in the UK on February 20, 2022, to provide his kidney to Sonia Ekweremadu.
Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice were arrested by the British police on June 23 last year on allegations of human trafficking and organ harvesting that violate the country’s Modern Slavery Act
The Ekweremadus and the doctor are accused of conspiracy to arrange the travel of another person with a view to exploitation, under UK legislation on modern slavery.
Prosecutors said the defendants allegedly planned to have a kidney removed from the man so that it could be given to Sonia