A police officer, Inspector Godwin Ato, has narrated how a kidney of 17-year-old boy, who was lured to Abuja from Benue State, was harvested in the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n
Ato told a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court on Thursday that one Alexander Swati reported the case at Aliade Police Station in Benue on Aug. 27<\/p>\n
Speaking during arraignment of one Aondoaseer Agbadu (20) before the court over alleged criminal conspiracy and the harvesting of the kidney of the 17-year-old boy, the prosecuting officer said Agbadu criminally conspired with others still at large in April, deceived and took Swati\u2019s 17-year-old son to Abuja where he was operated upon and one of his kidneys harvested.<\/p>\n
The kidney, he added, was sold to people still at large just as the entire operation was conducted without the consent of the father or of the victim.<\/p>\n
He said the crime contravened the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (2015).<\/p>\n
Ato also told the court that police investigation was still on-going and requested for additional time to prosecute the accused thoroughly.<\/p>\n
The court did not take Agbadu\u2019s plea for want of jurisdiction.<\/p>\n
Presiding Magistrate Taribo Atta directed that the case file be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution for advice and remanded Agbadu at the Federal Maximum Correctional Centre, Makurdi.<\/p>\n
Atta thereafter adjourned the case to Oct. 23 for mention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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