Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a leader of a syndicate buying and selling human organs for trafficking to foreigners.

The suspect,  Ukaeje John Emeka (alias Dr. Phil Mark, Dr. Donald Phillip, Dr. Wesley David), was arrested on April 16, 2021, at Rumukparali, Ozuoba, Port Harcourt,in Rivers State.

According to the Commission, the suspect  was arrested by operatives of the Commission based on established intelligence on his suspicious fraudulent internet dealings.

EFCC in a statement said;

“Preliminary investigations by the EFCC showed that the suspect is leading a syndicate of fraudsters falsely presenting themselves as medical doctors, with a human organ bank, particularly kidneys for sale and purchase.

“Victims of the syndicate include people with renal disease and even healthy people desirous of selling their organs in Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and United Arab Emirate.

“Items recovered from the suspect include one Nigerian passport, one Republic of Cote D’Ivoire passport, nine ATM cards, one black-coloured HP laptop, one gold-colored Tecno L9 plus phone, one gold-coloured Samsung Galaxy J8 and one ash-coloured Lexus ES 330 salon car.”

The Commission said it is has launched manhunt for other members of the syndicate within and outside Nigeria.