…As China seizes a cargo ship from Nigeria with 7,200 refrigerated penises
The House of Representatives Thursday resolved to investigate the illicit trade of human organs, particularly the male sexual organ, (penis).
The lamwmakers alledged traders generate between $600 million to $1.2 billion annually.
The House therefore mandated the Committees on Human Rights and National Security and Intelligence to investigate the whole gamut of the value chain known as Red Market or illicit market in human organs and report back within ten (10) weeks for further legislative action.
The Green Chamber reached this resolution at plenary, following the unanimous adoption of a motion on:” Need to investigate the Illicit Trade in Human Organs, sponsored by Rimamnde Kwewum Shawulu (PDP, Taraba) and Olajide Olatubosun (APC, Oyo).
Moving the motion, Shawulu noted that about two weeks ago, acting on the information provided by an anonymous source, Chinese
Authorities seized a cargo ship that sailed from Nigeria with 7,200 refrigerated penises which were
found in 36 boxes labelled as plantain on the ship that harboured at the Shanghai port called Red
Market.
The lawmaker noted that the Chinese General Administration of Customs had alerted that an increasingly large
number of armed groups in Africa use organs which are harvested in unsanitary conditions to finance
their nefarious activities.
He recalled that the media was awash a few years ago with horrifying stories of the harvest of organs of Nigerians and other Africans stranded in Libya for sale in Europe, the Middle East, America and China.
The third term member said he was: “aware that the increasing cases of missing persons, ritual killings and trafficking of persons out of the country may be linked to the Red Market which can be attributed to the trafficking of young men
and women who end up being victims of organ harvesting.
He continued: “the increased banditry, kidnappings and spiraling violence in several parts of the country today make those parts of the country vulnerable and provide safe havens and ready supply channels for the illicit activities;
Concerned that harvest of organs can only be done by medical surgeons with the aid of rogue public officials”.
He expressed concern that perpetrators of the illicit trade generated between $600 million to $1.2 billion dollars
profit annually and have been encouraged by poor security situations to use the third world as the major suppliers.
He informed that as early as 1987, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the illegal trade violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as taking unfair advantage of the poorest and most vulnerable groups in the world.
The lawmaker said: “the international community has made efforts to curb the menace of red market, such as the Istanbul declaration urging professionals to put an end to the unethical actions where organs
of unfortunate victims of economic migrants and human trafficking in Europe and the Middle East
are ripped off thereby constituting a gross abuse of the rights to life of those Nigerians.
Adding that: “if nothing is done to curb this criminal act, more criminals will set up shops dealing
in human organs in Nigeria, taking advantage of the insecurity in the country”.
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