Doctor refused to transplant kidney when donor said he had not seen recipient for 13 years

A doctor refused to accept a kidney for a Nigerian senator’s daughter when the would-be donor said he had not seen her for 13 years, a court heard. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, allegedly illegally transported the 21-year-old man to the UK along with his wife Beatrice, 56, and 25-year-old daughter Sonia. Sonia suffers from a ‘significant and deteriorating kidney condition’ and requires dialysis until she receives a transplant. They allegedly offered the donor 1.2m or 3.5m Naira, the equivalent of…

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