Organ harvest: Police in Plateau arrest 2 other doctors

Organ harvest: Police in Plateau arrest 2 other doctors

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The Police Command in Plateau, has arrested two other medical doctors in connection with the alleged harvest of vital human organs by one Noah Kekere, a suspected quack doctor.

DSP Alabo Alfred, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this to the Newsmen ,on Tuesday in Jos.

Alabo said that the suspects, alongside Kekere, were currently in Police custody and were being investigated.

Kekere, a suspected quack doctor, was recently arrested after he was accused of harvesting a woman’s kidney during a surgery.

The Plateau Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), had dissociated itself from Kekere, insisting that investigations had revealed that he was not a medical doctor.

Alabo, who did not disclose the identity of the two suspects, added that the Commissioner of Police in the state would soon constitute a high powered committee of medical experts, to extensively investigate and examine the woman who claimed Kekere removed one of her vital organs during a surgery.

The PPRO said that the move would enable the command ascertain if truly the vital organ of the victim was tempered with.

“We have arrested two additional suspects who actually conducted the surgery on the said woman.

“We are in touch with the Ministry of Health in the state and the NMA, to give us some professionals that will assist us in our investigation.

“The Commissioner of Police will constitute a committee of seasoned medical…

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