Marshall Abubakar, the lawyer to social media activist, VeryDarkMan, has disclosed that vulnerable young Nigerians are being lured into illegal kidney harvesting schemes by medical practitioners and their agents under the guise of medical procedures.
VeryDarkMan’s lawyer made the claim on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Morning Brief.
He said that over 10 young Nigerians may have fallen victim to an alleged illegal kidney harvesting network involving medical practitioners and their agents,
According to him, the case came to light after a young man approached the Martin Luther King Centre, headed by VeryDarkMan, with a medical report indicating that his left kidney was missing.
The lawyer further alleged that the centre independently verified the report at two hospitals in Abuja, including a government medical facility in Jabi, where the absence of the young man’s left kidney was reportedly confirmed.
Abubakar noted that the young man was allegedly given about $1,300 after the procedure, while his identity was changed and an affidavit obtained in another name in an attempt to conceal the circumstances surrounding the operation.
According to him, other youths had been similarly targeted around Masaka, Nyanya and Mararaba, with some allegedly recruited through agents.
He equally alleged that kidneys harvested from some victims were subsequently sold for between N50 million and N70 million, while the donors received only a fraction of the proceeds.
Abubakar described the alleged practice as a criminal enterprise, stressing that lawful organ donation requires informed consent and must not involve financial inducement.
DAILY POST recalls that the FCT Police Command had refuted viral reports claiming that it confirmed that several young residents of Mararaba, Nyanya and other parts of the FCT have sold their kidneys to organ traffickers.
How doctors unlawfully removed kidneys of over 10 youths — VeryDarkMan’s lawyer reveals