Matthew Page, a Nigeria expert at the US state department’s bureau of intelligence & research had warned the UK’s national crime agency of the activities of Ike Ekweremadu, former senate president ahead of his organ trafficking case.
According to a report by UK Guardian, page had alerted the UK authorities to investigate the illicit affairs of Ekweremadu before he was jailed for trafficking a man to London in an attempt to harvest his kidney.
“In the report, Page said the UK could have avoided the historical case of organ trafficking if the authorities had swiftly acted on his warnings about Ekweremadu.
In partnership with the UK’s department for international development, Page examined how Nigerian politicians including Ekweremadu used unexplained wealth to buy millions of pounds worth of properties in the UK.