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Operatives of the Ebonyi State Police command have arrested four suspected organ harvesters.
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The Suspects alleged they use the harvested organs to cure people with Down Syndrome.
Men of the Ebonyi State Police command have confirmed the arrest of four people for harvesting human organs.
While parading the suspects before newsmen, the spokesperson of the command, Joshua Ukandu said the suspects were arrested following a complaint.
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Ukandu said a woman,Blessing Chikezie Onyekachi had reported to the command that her husband, Chikezie Idenyi, left home on August 14 and told her that he was going to Lagos on a business trip but she did not hear him again.
“Command operatives from the Anti-kidnapping unit, through a painstaking investigation and credible intelligence, arrested one Innocent Elebe and Eze Elechi; they made useful statements, which led the police to arrest Obinna Nwanguru and Oda Peter. They confessed to killing Chikezie Idenyi, Chibu Odii, and Eze Fabian on different dates while trying to extract their blood/ organs to use it to cure a cognitively impaired person (Down syndrome).”
He added that the police have recovered the corpse of Chikezie Idenyi and Chibu Odii while efforts are ongoing to recover the remains of the third victim.