#OrganHarvesting

May

2023

ORGAN HARVESTING: Ekweremadu, wife, doctor sentenced to 10-years imprisonment by UK court

CRIME#BeatriceEkweremadu, #IkeEkweremadu, #KidneyTransplant, #OrganHarvesting

ORGAN HARVESTING: Ekweremadu, wife, doctor sentenced to 10-years imprisonment by UK court A Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice have been convicted of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. The judge at The Central Criminal Court, also known as the Old Bailey, sentenced the former Deputy Senate President, his wife and Doctor, Obinna Obeta to jail. The court found the trio culpable of violating the Modern Slavery Act, having facilitated the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey. The…

Dec

2022

By Famous Reporters

2 teenagers sell vital organs for 200,000 Police commence investigations As father demands N20m compensation

CRIME#ChildTrafficking, #OrganHarvesting, #Ovaries

2 teenagers sell vital organs for 200,000 *Police commence investigations *As father demands N20m compensation The police in Lagos have commenced investigation into how two teenagers, residing at Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State, sold their organs to a medical doctor in Abeokuta, Ogun State, last two months for N200,000 without the consent of their parents. The teenagers, 17-year-old Precious Ikechukwu, daughter of a Pentecostal Bishop in Lagos, and her father’s secretary, 19-year-old Theresa Obam, allegedly connived with an adult member of the church, Mrs. Adeleke Blessing, and went to a medical doctor at Redwood Specialist Hospital, Abeokuta, where their organs…