Police operatives in Nasarawa State have arrested a man for alleged involvement in organ harvesting, and rescued four victims in the capital Lafia.
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Shettima Muhammad, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Lafia.
He said the suspect was apprehended on Monday at the Alhaji Yahaya Sabo Motor Park, Bukan Sidi Lafia, after the park officials raised an alarm.
He added that police operatives attached to “B” Division immediately moved to the scene where the suspect, identified as Maro Ebojoh, was handed over to them.
According to the CP, preliminary investigations showed that Ebojoh arrived in Lafia to allegedly recruit organ donors for an immediate kidney transplant.
“The suspect allegedly lured the victims with a promise of N2 million each.
“The victims are – Umar Barau (25), Suleiman Alhaji-Garba (20), Williams Dadung (32), and Stanley Ezekiel (27).
“The suspect took the victims to a hospital for medical evaluation, and one of the victims who passed the screening was moved to Abuja for the transplant, but the procedure was aborted over blood pressure concerns.
“Operatives of the command swiftly moved to Abuja and rescued the victim unhurt from a hotel where he was being lodged.
“The suspect had confessed to the crime, adding that he had agreed to receive N6.5 million from his client, out of which he had already collected N500,000.
“He further confessed to having procured a donor for another client two months ago, for which he received N1 million, while the donor was paid N2.5 million,” the spokesman stated.