I Got N880,000 Not N1m After My Kidney Was Removed - 16-Year-Old Boy Tells Court

Yesterday, in an FCT High Court in Zuba, a 16-year-old boy testified that he received N880,000 instead of N1 million from Mr. Emmanuel Olorunlaye at Alliance Hospital, Abuja, after his kidney was removed.

The teenager made this known while being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Hassan Tahir.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) charged the defendants alongside the hospital with 11 counts bordering on organ harvesting.

The defendants are the Medical Director, Alliance Hospital, Dr Christopher Otabor, Emmanuel Olorunlaye, Chikaodili Ugochukwu, the Administrative Secretary of the hospital and Dr Aremu Abayomi.

The boy said he met Olorunlaye through a friend. He said Olorunlaye called his friend when the hospital needed a kidney and that the hospital usually preferred persons with O+ blood group.

“My friend introduced me to Olorunlaye and told him I wanted to sell my kidney. Then Olorunlaye asked my friend to take me to any hospital around our area to see if I was healthy to donate my kidney.

“After going to a hospital for my check up, I was given my result and my friend took a picture of it and sent it to Olorunlaye via WhatsApp  because I did not have a phone.

”After two days, Olorunlaye called my friend and sent some transport money to us to meet at the Alliance Hospital to run some tests.

“I was taken to the laboratory for my blood samples and urine when I was done, Olorunlaye gave me N2,000 for a cab back home.

“He called me back to repeat the same test in the hospital and again sent me N2,000 for a cab.

“I went on to see him on a Tuesday and Olorunlaye informed me that the surgery would be performed on a Friday.

“He told me not to inform any of my family members and instructed me not to eat from 8p.m to 10a.m and I did as he said,’’ he added..

He alleged that Ugochukwu gave him some documents at 8pm and instructed him to sign them but he did not read it.

He said Abayomi (the fourth defendant) came into the room he was kept in and told him that he would perform a medical surgery on him.

”He told me not to worry that he would save my life.

“A nurse came later to get me and asked me to change into hospital wear and wheeled me into the theatre and gave me an injection that made me sleep.

“Two days later, I heard the nurse screaming my name so I answered and as I tried to get up I felt the sharp pain on my side.

“Olorunlaye came into my room and informed me that my kidney had been removed and asked if I needed cash or mobile transfer of money,” he said.

He told the court that Olorunlaye told him that his friend, who “found” him, asked for his share of the N1 million and that he gave N100,000 from the money.