The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has pledged to ensure justice for victims of alleged illegal human organ harvesting in Plateau, involving one Noah Kekere and two other suspects.
Kekere and his accomplice were alleged to have harvested a woman’s kidney during surgery in a hospital in Jos. They are currently in police custody.
In an interview on Tuesday with NAPTIP Director of Legal and Prosecution, Mr Hassan Tahir, he told NAN that the agency was addressing the issue and had conducted its own investigation on the matter.
“The police are currently carrying out their investigation, and justice will be served on the matter at the end.
We have conducted our investigations. The law gives us the power to prosecute. We are cooperating with the police and closely monitoring the case to ensure that justice is served.
We also understand that the suspect runs a hospital, but he is not a member of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA),” he said.
Tahir noted that the issue of illegal organ harvesting was becoming rampant. ”NAPTIP has organized a series of awareness campaigns to curtail it.
We went to markets and hospitals to create more awareness, sensitizing and educating people on the ills of organ harvesting.
We are currently investigating five more cases of organ harvesting. We call on the perpetrators of the evil act to desist from such acts,” he said.
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