Drama as doctor arrested for organ harvesting runs mad

Drama as doctor arrested for organ harvesting runs mad

Noah Kekere, the doctor who was arrested for allegedly removing a woman’s kidney in Jos, Plateau State capital, exhibited traces of mental disorder in the police cell on Saturday evening, Daily Trust reported.

Kekere was arrested on Wednesday following a report lodged at the Nasarawa Gown police division on the removal of the right kidney of Mrs. Kehinde Kamal during an operation in 2018.

The state police command had earlier confirmed the arrest of the suspected harvester.

Kekere was however rushed to the Psychiatric unit of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), after he exhibited symptom of madness in the police cell, sparking confusion on the issue.

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A source from the police headquarters confirmed that suspected harvester was taken to the hospital when he started tearing his clothes in the cell and started behaving like a “mad” person.

“This made the police rush him to Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) in handcuff.”

A source from the hospital also confirmed that Kekere was admitted at the psychiatric department of the hospital.

The source said ” On arrival, he was just screaming, yelling and shouting. He was saying ‘they want to silence my daughter’.”

It was gathered that there is heavy police presence around the Psychiatric unit of the hospital.

Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Alabo Alfred, didn’t respond to the inquiry on the issue.

It was gathered that Kekere had prior his arrest been carrying out medical treatment, including surgery, for more than two decades at his clinic located in Yanshanu Community of Jos North Local Government Area of the state.

Drama as doctor arrested for organ harvesting runs mad

(DAILY TRUST)