Nigeria, Aug. 11 -- Felix Ukpo, father of a Nigerian boy in the UK organ trafficking case against Nigerian senator, Ike Ekweremadu, is dead.

The man's son, Boniface, confirmed his death to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.

The then-Nigeria's Deputy Senate President, Mr Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were convicted and later sentenced by a UK court for procuring and flying the 21-year-old David to the UK with the intention to harvest his kidney for their ailing daughter.

Since the conviction and sentencing of Mr Ekweremadu, his wife and a medical doctor over the case by the UK court, the whereabouts of David were unknown.

His family has remained silent since the end of the trial.

But speaking to repor...