Busari Kamal, husband to the woman whose kidney was allegedly removed by Noah Kekere, a controversial doctor, has opened up on how he and the police Divisional Police Officer, DPO to whom the case was reported to rejected bribe running into millions of naira to close the case.
It had earlier been reported that the victim’s right kidney was harvested illegally at Murna Clinic and Maternity in Jos in 2018.In an interview with Hobnob News, Kamal lauded the Divisional Police Officer, of Nasarawa Gown division, SP Timothy Bebissa, for standing by the truth and resisting all attempts to bribe him to downplay the case.According to the husband, when the suspected harvester was arrested, all efforts made to bribe him and the DPO were unsuccessful, adding that he was asked to mention any amount he wanted for the kidney harvest case to be closed.
He said ” I have never seen a sincere police officer like the DPO of Nasarawa Gown division. He stood by the truth and rejected money. He deserves to be commended. I was also offered bribe of millions of naira at the detriment of my wife. I told them that I will not collect the money to close this case. I believe that we still have good police officers.”
Hobnob News reports that the arrest of the suspected harvester followed a complaint by the husband of the victim at the Nasarawa police station.
Hobnob News reports that besides the revelation that the DPO and the husband rejected bribe to drop the kidney harvest case, that ‘Dr Kekere’ who is currently exhibiting mental illness at the psychiatric unit of Jos University Teaching Hospital had prior his arrest, been carrying out medical treatment, including surgery for over two decades.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Sunday said the embattled doctor is not a member of the association.
The state chairman of the group, Dr Bapigaan William Audu, in a telephone interview with Hobnob News disclosed that records at NMA secretariat showed that the accused is neither a medical doctor nor a member of the association.
