How I was tricked to donate my kidney for N1m at Abuja hospital — 16-year-old boy narrates in court

He said his father called him over the phone to explain what happened to him which he did and his father asked him to go to his aunt’s place in Lagos to be taken care of.

“My father’s lawyer wrote a letter to the Commissioner of Police and they told my father to take me back to Abuja where I wrote my statement in Command and I was taken to Alliance Hospital.

“Dr Aremu took us to the M.D’s office and they were detained and the commissioner of police asked the M.D about the patient that he gave my kidney to and he said the patient was late. He was asked to bring the patient’s report and death certificate.

“On our way out, the M.D stopped my father and told him to withdraw the case and settle it saying that he would help me with my education, and collected my father’s number to call him,” he said.

While cross-examining the witness, Tahir asked the boy to show the court his scar and asked how he had been feeling.

“I do not feel as strong as before and I am still on medication,” he said.

The defence counsel, Afam Osigwe, SAN, according to a report by NAN, asked the boy if he signed an affidavit and can confirm that he stated that he was 18 years old in the affidavit.

Osigwe also asked if he could confirm that the patient, Egbuson Samson whom his kidney was donated to was his relative and that he was not being compelled to donate his kidney.

The boy answered that he only signed on a light pen at the high court and signed documents before the surgery while he was weak.

The judge Kezziah Ogbonnaya however adjourned the matter until May 7 for continuation of hearing.