> Earlier, the man said he had been earning between 3,000 and 4,000 naira a day (£5.42 to £7.22) selling phone accessories from a wheelbarrow in a Lagos market when he was approached by Obeta.
> Obeta told him he had been given his phone number by a friend of the man. The court has previously heard that the friend had donated a kidney to Obeta in July 2021 at the Royal Free.
So this is an ongoing issue – fake relatives brought to the U.K. for organ donations? Absolutely wild.
> He said he was given 20,000 naira (£36) by Obeta to travel by bus to Abuja for the blood tests. “They did not tell me what the tests were for,” the man said. “I thought it was for the visa.”
> Asked by Davies what reasons Obeta had given for the need to travel to London, the man said: “He only told me about the work. He asked me not to tell people that I’m coming to the UK.”
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> Appearing in court for the first time, the man, who cannot be named, said he did not know why he had been taken to see the doctor until he mentioned a kidney transplant. “I was shocked because this was first time I heard about it,” he told the jury.
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This story is mad.
> Earlier, the man said he had been earning between 3,000 and 4,000 naira a day (£5.42 to £7.22) selling phone accessories from a wheelbarrow in a Lagos market when he was approached by Obeta.
> Obeta told him he had been given his phone number by a friend of the man. The court has previously heard that the friend had donated a kidney to Obeta in July 2021 at the Royal Free.
So this is an ongoing issue – fake relatives brought to the U.K. for organ donations? Absolutely wild.
> He said he was given 20,000 naira (£36) by Obeta to travel by bus to Abuja for the blood tests. “They did not tell me what the tests were for,” the man said. “I thought it was for the visa.”
> Asked by Davies what reasons Obeta had given for the need to travel to London, the man said: “He only told me about the work. He asked me not to tell people that I’m coming to the UK.”
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> Appearing in court for the first time, the man, who cannot be named, said he did not know why he had been taken to see the doctor until he mentioned a kidney transplant. “I was shocked because this was first time I heard about it,” he told the jury.