The Medical Director of Alliance Hospital, Christopher Otabor, and three others were on Monday docked in the Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT, High Court, Zuba, for alleged organ harvesting.
NAN reports that, alongside Otabor, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, also charged Emmanuel Olorunlaye, Chikaodili Ugochukwu and Dr Aremu Abayomi with 11 counts bordering on organ harvesting. The prosecuting counsel, Hassan Tahir, alleged that Olorunlaye procured two 17-year-old boys and a 25-year-old man, Aminu Yahuza, for the removal of their kidneys at the said hospital located in Area 11, Garki, Abuja, sometime in February 2023.
Afam Osigwe, SAN, the defence counsel to the other defendants, also urged the court to grant his clients bail. ”Otabor is on bail earlier granted by Justice Hamza Muazu and I urge the court to grant same. The defendants are responsible persons who run businesses and families and have been diligently honouring NAPTIP’s invitations,” Osigwe said. He urged the court to adopt the same administrative bail conditions that was granted to the defendants by NAPTIP.
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