How two teenagers sold their organs including ovaries, eggs for N100,000 each in Ogun
Precious Ikechukwu, who happens to be a 17-year-old daughter of a Pentecostal Bishop in Lagos State, and her father’s secretary, Theresa Obam, 19 years, allegedly connived with an adult member of the church, whose name was given as Mrs Adeleke Blessing and went to a medical doctor at Redwood Specialist Hospital, Abeokuta where their organs were sold for N100, 000 each.
The teenagers residing at Iyana-Ipaja area reportedly sold their organs to a medical doctor in Abeokuta, Ogun State for N200, 000 without the consent of their parents
While the duo were been interrogated by police operatives, they said that the woman told them not to tell anybody about their plans.
The bubble reportedly bust in September 12, 2022 when one of them started vomiting and she was taken to hospital by her father who thought it was typhoid or malaria and the doctor requested for medical test which later revealed that her anus and private part were damaged.
Further talking, they said that Mrs Adeleke Blessing, without the consent of their parents, trafficked them to Redwood hospital in Abeokuta Ogun State and further conspired with a doctor, Dr. Durodola, as the doctor injected them some drugs into them.
They alleged that they were further forcefully taken to a PDF hospital in Surulere, Lagos where they were also coerced and their ovaries/eggs/organs were harvested illegally by the medical doctor without their consent resulting in severe pains and bleeding.
Vanguard learned that based on the startling revelations, the teenagers were taken to another hospital in Surulere, Lagos where they were referred to a medical laboratory test and scan which revealed that their liver, uterus, urinary bladder, kidney, spleen, gall bladder were damaged as result of the procedure.
One of them said, “We were forcefully taken to a PDF hospital in Surulere, Lagos State, where we were coerced and our ovaries/eggs/organs were harvested illegally by the medical Doctor without our consent.”
It was gathered that the sick girl who became unconscious after her health condition was blown open regained consciousness and disclosed to her father that a female member of his church trafficked them to Ogun State where their organs were sold to a medical doctor. The teenagers further alleged that the trafficker convinced them to carry out the illegal act because the one whose father is a Bishop, is not paying them enough money and that she will take them to where they will be handsomely paid N100, 000. They also alleged that the trafficker warned them not to tell their father/parent, that if they do, she will kill them.
When contacted, the Bishop father of one of the teenagers, told Vanguard that when his daughter was taken to the hospital and the test was conducted, her younger ones told him that they knew their sister was sick as she frequented toilet with medical equipment and came out dripping blood.
He said the major suspect, Mrs.Adeleke was staying with her mother in- law in the compound where the church is situated and often attends the church vigil. It was gathered that the other teenager stays with the Bishop and he employed her as his secretary in the church with a salary of N20, 000 and his daughter, Precious who is a hairstylist makes Mrs. Adeleke’s hair and gets paid.
Vanguard gathered that the Bishop who was piqued by the ugly development reported the case at Iyana-Ipaja police station and they later transferred it to State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Bureau (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos for further investigation.
However, the case took a different dimension after lawyer to the aggrieved Bishop, Barrister Ikechukwu Chiaha suspected that the police may have compromised over the case based on revelation by his client that the investigators were soliciting for amicable settlement and payment of N300, 000 which he alleged police will take N200,000. Based on this, Barrister Chiaha then transferred the case to National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), which has commenced fresh investigation.
However, in her reaction, the alleged major suspect Mrs Adeleke told Vanguard, ”the two girls volunteered to donate their eggs to the hospital after listening to my phone conversation with a doctor and in return, they were compensated with N100, 000, of which Favour gave me N20,000 for introducing them to the hospital.”
When contacted, Lagos State Police spokesman, David Hundeyin said; “It was not organ harvesters, the operation was carried out by a professional doctor and the process was legal. All documents were signed and the girls stated in the document that they were above 18 years. The doctor told them about the consequences of feeling pain for two days after and they accepted and donated their organ. Unfortunately, they did not inform their father about it and the father is requesting for N200 million as compensation.”
In their reaction, an official of NAPTIP who pleaded not to be named said, “I am not aware of the case. I will ask our people.”
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