Nigeria: Police Uncover Illegal Blood Bank in Lagos, Recover Seven Pints

For allegedly running an illegal blood bank in Bariga, a 45-year-old man, Paul Achegbulu, has been arrested by the Lagos State police command. He was arrested by a team led by the Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, yesterday after detectives got information that the suspect was draining blood from children in his one-room apartment and selling same to some clinics.

It was gathered that the police team recovered seven pints of blood from his No. 18, Kusa Bus Stop, Bariga residence. According to residents, trouble started for the suspect on June 10, after he drew two pints of blood from a 17-year-old boy, Ayomide Adesanya, which made the victim to pass out. He was said to have also drawn two pints from the same victim on June 4, and on each day, he gave the victim N2,000.

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