Doctor Noah Kekere, alleged to have removed a woman’s kidney in Jos, Plateau State capital, on Sunday reportedly displayed traces of mental disorder after his arrest by the police.
Doctor Kekere was on Wednesday arrested for reportedly removing the right kidney of Mrs. Kehinde Kamal during an operation in 2018.
The police in Plateau State had earlier confirmed the arrest of the doctor for organ harvesting.
The arrested doctor according to reports, was rushed to the Psychiatric unit of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), after exhibiting symptom of madness in the police cell.
A police source told Daily Trust that suspected harvester was taken to the hospital after he was discovered to be tearing his clothes in the cell while behaving like a “mad” person.
“This made the police rush him to Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) in handcuff.”
Another source from the hospital also told Daily Trust that Kekere was admitted at the psychiatric department of the hospital.
”On arrival, he was just screaming, yelling and shouting. He was saying ‘they want to silence my daughter”, the source said.
Doctor Kekere before the saga was famed for carrying out medical treatment, including surgery, for more than two decades at his Murna Clinic and Maternity, located in Yanshanu Community of Jos North Local Government Area of the state.
