The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was allegedly brought to the UK to donate a kidney to the sick daughter of wealthy Nigerian politician Ike Ekweremadu in exchange for a cash reward.
But giving evidence at the Old Bailey on Monday, he told jurors he did not even know why he was being taken to see a doctor.
He described being “controlled” and told to lie about having a family connection with the Ekweremadus before a consultation at the Royal Free Hospital.
At the meeting, the doctor appeared “surprised” and asked him if he knew why he was there, to which he said no.
When told it was for a kidney transplant, the young man was “shocked”, felt like crying, and said: “Nobody told me about kidney transplant.”
The doctor at the north London hospital concluded he was unsuitable as a donor for 25-year-old Sonia Ekweremadu, the Old Bailey has heard.
Jurors were told that afterwards, he was treated “like a slave” and became “afraid” at what would happen to him.
He walked out of the house in London where he was staying and slept under bushes for three days and nights, asking any black people he met for help before walking into Staines Police Station in Surrey in May last year.
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