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Ekweremadu: Organ donor not a minor, he’s 21 years old — Immigration

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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has denied the claim that David Nwamini, who was allegedly trafficked to the United Kingdom for organ harvesting by former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu is a minor.

According to the NIS, Nwamini who allegedly claimed to be a minor after he arrived in the UK where he was to donate his kidney to Ekweremadu’s daughter was born on October 12, 2000.

Addressing the media on Sunday, the Comptroller General of the NIS, Mr Idris Jere, at a press conference said this is according to Nwamini’s record in the possession of the NIS.

He was speaking to clarify the controversy that the Service didn’t thoroughly vet the documents provided by the applicant.

Jere said, “The fact of the matter concerning the case above, therefore, are that Mr David Ukpo Nwamini applied and paid for the e-passport using the NIS portal after which he approached the passport office in Gwagwalada, FCT Abuja, on November 2, 2021 for his interview.

“To support his application, Mr Nwamini presented all necessary documents required including his birth certificate issued by the National Population Commission, showing October 12, 2000 as his date of birth; his National Identification Number, issued by NIMC corroborating the date of birth; a Certificate of Origin issued by Ebonyi State Government Liaison office in Abuja, and a guarantor’s form duly signed.

“NIS relies on documentation supplied by other agencies and we are not under any obligation to go to those agencies to verify those documents. What we do is that we look at the documents and applicants physically. Once that is done, we go ahead to process.”

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