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Nigerian politician convicted in UK of organ trafficking

Former Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife were found guilty by a London court of bringing a young man to the UK to donate a kidney.

Former Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice have been convicted of exploiting a young man from a poor village by bringing him to London to donate a kidney. The couple, and a doctor who was also found guilty, were convicted under Britain's Modern Slavery Act. We hear more about the case and get reaction from people in Nigeria.

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