The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the age of the alleged victim of organ harvesting, DAVID NWAMINI, in a case involving former Deputy Senate President, IKE EKWEREMADU, and his wife, BEATRICE.
In a statement issued over the weekend, the Comptroller General of NIS, Mr ISAH IDRIS, disclosed that the said kidney donor was 21 and not 15 years old as claimed.
Amid the controversy over NWAMINI’s age, the immigration chief explained that the applicant presented his birth certificate issued by the National Population Commission (NPC) which indicated October 12, 2000, as his date of birth, in addition to other important documents showing his age.
He also insisted that the date of birth or any other information on any passport issued by the immigration is printed on the document only after a thorough vetting process, adding that Nwamini’s case was not an exception.
It is recalled that the London Metropolitan Police arrested Senator EKWEREMADU and his wife over allegations of conspiring to bring a child to the United Kingdom for organ harvesting.
While the Met police said NWAMINI was 15, a UK Court ordered that the couple be remanded in custody till July 7 while investigations continued into the allegations against them.
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