EFCC arrests human organs trafficker in Port Harcourt

By Rasaq Adebayo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the leader of a group involved in trafficking of human organs to foreigners in Port Harcourt.

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

A statement released on the Commission’s website said: “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 sale and purchase.

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

“Items recovered from the suspect include one Nigerian passport, one Republic of Cote D’Ivoire 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.”