The Medical Director of Alliance Hospital, Christopher Otabor and three others were on Monday docked in the FCT High Court, Zuba for alleged organ harvesting.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons also charged Emmanuel Olorunlaye, Chikaodili Ugochukwu and Dr Aremu Abayomi with 11 counts bordering on organ harvesting.
The offence, he said contravened the provisions of sections 20 of the Trafficking in Persons Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015 and punishable under same section.Mr Richard Adeboju, the defence counsel to Olorunlaye, moved a motion for bail pursuant to Section 162 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, seeking for bail pending on the hearing.
He urged the court to adopt the same administrative bail conditions that was granted to the defendants by NAPTIP. Ogbonnaya however ordered the defendants to sign a register on a daily basis at the NAPTIP headquarters, starting from March 19, except the day for hearing in court.
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