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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Port Harcourt, River State, has arrested a leader of a syndicate identified as Ukaeje John Emeka involved in the buying and selling of human organs for trafficking to foreign lands.
Emeka, who is also known as Dr. Phil Mark, Dr. Donald Phillip, Dr. Wesley David, was arrested on April 16, 2021, at Rumukparali, Ozuoba, Port Harcourt based on intelligence over hia suspicious fraudulent internet dealings.
This is according to a statement on the EFCC’s website.
The statement read,
“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-colored HP laptop, one gold-colored Tecno L9 plus phone, one gold-colored Samsung Galaxy J8 and one ash-colored Lexus ES 330 salon car.”