The Organ Harvesters
The Documentary Podcast
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The Trial of Daniel Ikei Equariumadu
Ikei Equariumadu was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison. His wife Beatrice was also found guilty of exploiting a vulnerable victim for illegal organ harvesting. The longest sentence went not to one of Sonja's parents but the middleman, Dr Abinna Abetta. It was Abetta who orchestrated Daniel's exploitation,. organising for searches to be carried out in Lagos for poor, vulnerable candidates and send them for blood tests. He had kidney failure and underwent a transplant in 2021. You guessed it, from a Nigerian donor who he falsely claimed was his cousin.
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