June 25, (THEWILL) – The young man involved in the controversial organ harvesting saga involving Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, has taken to his verified social media handle, to explain how he met the Senator and lured from Nigeria to London for the operation without his consent.
THEWILL reports that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were arrested in London by the Metropolitan Police on Thursday and charged with the alleged crime of trying to bring a child to the UK to allegedly harvest organs.
The Metropolitan Police had said that investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May, 2022.
On Friday, documents emerged which showed that the alleged victim, who was said to be a 15-year-old-child, may actually be 21 years old.
A letter written by Ekweremadu also suggested that the lawmaker disclosed to the British embassy why he was taking David Ukpo to London.
But David Ukpo denied any knowledge of why he was ferreted to the United Kingdom other than the promise of a good job and better life.
Ukpo narrated his side of the story in a Facebook post on Saturday, June 25, where he also posted his Visa page to back up his claims, even as Senator Ekweremadu and his wife remain in detention, having been denied bail by a London magistrates’ court, where they were arraigned hours after their arrest on Thursday, June 23.
Titled: “My journey to UK”, David Ukpo’s unedited post reads: “On one fateful day, I met a man named Okoro in a building site, where I was working for my daily bread, Okoro told me he liked me, he want to help me achieve my dreams, because he saw me as a great person. He asked if I would like to work in the UK, I just started laughing because I don’t have money for that, then I told him, no I am not interested and asked me why I told him I don’t have money for that.
“He just started laughing at me and told me he is going to introduce me to a senator, who has a company in the UK that needs workers, so he could start my visa processing.
“I have no other option than to accept the offer. After two days, the man came to the building site again and told me the senator wanted to see me, so we could start the visa processing, then I dropped my shovel and head pan and went to take a bath immediately.
“Mrs okoro took me to an unknown area, where I haven’t been before, I was afraid maybe he is a money ritualist, I encouraged myself since I knew Mr okoro for a long time, there will be no problem. Mr Okoro handed me over to one young man wearing a suit, he told me everything about it, then I told him Mr okoro has already explained everything to me and I have accepted to work in the UK.
“Next day this young man introduced me to another man. Immediately I saw the man I greeted . I didn’t know his name then, he told me he is the owner of the company that wants workers in the UK and asked if was interested in working and I said yes sir immediately with happiness all over my heart.
“They later gave me a room in that mansion andI took a passport photograph and was told they will start my visa processing immediately. The kind of food I ate there, my generation hasn’t eaten it before. I was so happy staying in that house. After a week, they told me my visa and passport were ready and they told me we are leaving the next day. I was taken to the airport, from there we landed in the UK I was taken to a hospital in the UK.
“When we landed in hospital in the UK I was told I must go for a medical test to check my health status, if I’m fit for the job, I accepted without any question. I thank God for doctor Harry who told me everything and I asked him why I was there and he later called the police for my rescue.”
