#I Was Offered N1m for My Kidney,16-Year-Old Boy Tells Court

The teenager made this known while being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Hassan Tahir.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) charged the defendants alongside the hospital with 11 counts bordering on organ harvesting.

The defendants are the Medical Director of Alliance Hospital, Dr Christopher Otabor, Emmanuel Olorunlaye, Chikaodili Ugochukwu, Administrative Secretary of the hospital and Dr Aremu Abayomi.

The boy said he met Olorunlaye, who told him he was the manager of Alliance Hospital, through a friend in February 2023.

“My friend told me that we were going for a job at the Alliance Hospital and we went to see Olorunlaye who took us for our blood samples to be taken.

“He gave us transport money and asked me if I knew what I was about to do in the hospital. I answered no and he told me to ask my friend.

“I asked my friend, who did not tell me what we were doing in the hospital but later informed me that Olorunlaye asked us to return to the hospital,” he said.

The witness said Olorunlaye asked about his health and informed him that he was about to sell his kidney for N1 million.

Continuing, he said: “I declined the offer and Olorunlaye asked us to return to the hospital for the work we were initially supposed to do, which was to distribute medication.

“When we got back to the hospital, Olorunlaye asked why we were scared to accept his offer and asked us to wait for his boss, Ugochukwu and when she arrived, he handed me over to her.”

He alleged that Ugochukwu took him to an FCT high court where he signed a document and was asked to wait outside for her.

“I was weak and wheeled into the theatre and I laid on the bed, then I overheard the nurse asking for Dr Aremu to be called. I slept off and when I woke up the nurse informed me I woke up on the third day after the operation,” he said.