Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar don raise serious alarm over tori say some young Nigerians don dey sell dia kidney because hardship don too much and dem dey find way survive.
Atiku, wey dey contest for president under ADC, yarn dis matter for X on Thursday. E say e don hear disturbing tori about young people wey poverty and high cost of living don push enter desperate situation.
E talk say young Nigerians suppose dey make money from dia ideas, business and better plans, no be to dey sell parts of dia body just to survive.
Atiku say di matter suppose pain every Nigerian because no young person suppose reach point wey im kidney go become im last hope to get money.
E blame President Bola Tinubu government economic policies for di serious hardship wey many Nigerians dey face.
According to am, almost everything wey ordinary person need to live better don become too costly, including food, transport, house rent, school fees, medicine and light.
E say when young Nigerians begin see dia kidney as money wey dem fit use for emergency, e mean say di matter don pass ordinary hardship.
E also talk say Nigeria already get law wey no allow people dey buy and sell human organs or dey carry out organ trafficking.
But Atiku say law alone no go solve di poverty wey dey push people enter dis kind desperate situation.
E say government need to make life easier for ordinary Nigerians by making food cheaper, transport affordable, healthcare reachable and creating better work opportunities for young people.
Di former vice president talk dis one as different tori about people wey dey sell kidney and other body parts don dey come out from different parts of di country.
Police say one of di suspects, Emmanuel Ode, allegedly tell dem say e dey find people wey money no dey for, and e also give tori about one 22-year-old man wey dem allegedly deceive enter one hospital for Abuja for April.
According to police, dem allegedly remove di young man’s kidney and pay am $1,250, wey be around ₦1.7 million.
People wey dey investigate di matter say di group allegedly dey target young people wey money matter don put for serious trouble for Nasarawa and places wey dey around am.
