After weeks of covert surveillance, an elaborate organ harvesting organization has been discovered in Nigeria, local officials say.
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According to police, intelligence investigations identified a man named High Chief Stanley Oparaugo, also known as “Morocco,” as the suspected leader of the criminal network and who is now on the run and wanted, according to police. reports.
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A search is now underway for a man described as Chief Stanley Oparaugo of the Jessy Best Hotel.
Oparaugo is said to own the Jessy Best Hotel in Ihitte Okwe and the nearby mortuary known as Ugwudi.
Police said the victims were lured to the hotel before being robbed and kidnapped, with families also forced to pay ransoms.
Authorities say some people who paid never saw their loved ones again.
The Command said the kidnapped victims were then taken from the hotel to the morgue where they were allegedly killed and their organs harvested for sale.
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Local Nigerian officials said a suspected secret organ harvesting organization has been discovered in Nigera after weeks of covert surveillance. (Imo State Command.)
When officers raided the Jessy Best Hotel it was abandoned, but at the morgue they found decomposed and mutilated bodies.
Police spokesman Henry Okoye said more than 100 bodies have been found.
“A hotel and a private mortuary owned by the suspect and allegedly used by kidnappers and violent criminals were inspected,” he said in a statement.
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Victims were reportedly lured to a hotel before being murdered at the nearby mortuary for organ sales.
“Decomposed and mutilated corpses were discovered in the mortuary in unsanitary conditions, raising suspicions of illegal organ harvesting activities.”
He added that the suspect’s home was also searched and “critical pieces of evidence” were recovered, with forensic teams documenting evidence for the ongoing investigation.
“Maximum security has been deployed along the Owerri-Aba Expressway. The Command assures travelers of its commitment to their safety during the holidays,” he added.
Nigeria has experienced rising levels of crime, with kidnappings and kidnappings.
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These children were taken from St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger State on November 21.
The news came as Christians faced continued persecution in Nigeria’s leading president Donald Trump to declare the West African nation a ‘country of special interest’.
