EFCC apprehends human organs’ trafficker in Port Harcourt

Etim Ekpimah

The operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a leader of a syndicate selling and buying human organs for trafficking to foreigners.

The syndicate leader – Ukaeje John Emeka (alias Dr. Phil Mark, Dr. Donald Phillip, Dr. Wesley David), was arrested on April 16, 2021 at Rumukparali, Ozuoba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, based on established intelligence on his suspicious fraudulent internet dealings.

“Preliminary investigations by the EFCC showed that the suspect is leading a syndicate of fraudsters falsely presenting themselves as medical doctors, with a human organ bank, particularly kidneys for sales and purchases.

“Victims of the syndicate include people with renal disease and even healthy people desirous of selling their organs in Nigeria; India; Pakistan; Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates.

“Items recovered from the suspect include: one Nigerian passport; one Republic of Cote D’ivore passport, nine ATM cards; one black-coloured HP laptop; one gold-coloured Tecno L9 plus phone; one- gold coloured Samsung Galaxy J8 and one ash- coloured Lexus ES 330 salon car,” the commission’s Media and Publicity unit said.

The Commission is on the trail of other members of the syndicate within and outside Nigeria.