A 26 year old primary school teacher’s life has been ruined and shattered by the love of her life after he stole one of her kidneys while she blindly went after the luxuries of this world.
According to Evelyn, (not her real name) she lost her mother to kidney failure in 2019, and her father died a year later due to heartbreak caused by the mother’s death.
Sharing her story in an exclusive interview with The Ghana Report, Evelyn discussed how after over two years of struggling she came across a church and decided to rebuild a solid relationship with God and also find a sense of belonging unfortunately for her, this was the beginning of her misery.
She advised the youth, especially ladies, to be patient in their quest for love and wealth because organ harvesters are on the lookout for their next victim.
She recounted how a handsome young man approached her after a church service on July 10, 2021, at Ablekuma and his kind words and gentle demeanour was what drew her in, as he introduced himself as King.
“Hello, woman of God, how was service today?” he asked.
“That was how our conversation started, and after talking for nearly 20 minutes, the gentleman offered to drop me home, which I agreed to because I was a new person in the church and wanted to familiarise myself with the church and make new friends,” she recalled.
Evelyn noted that after that encounter, their friendship grew as King continually showered her with attention and affection which she mistook as a whirlwind of godly love.
She mentioned that King asked her to be his girlfriend about a month into their friendship which she was sincerely happy about because of all the care he was showed her.
“I thought it was a step in the right direction because I am not from an extremely wealthy family, but King seemed to be well-to-do and a very young, optimistic man. He proposed on a trip to Dubai on Sunday, August 14, 2021, after church, and she agreed, blinded by love and naivety”.
According to Evelyn,she had no cause to suspect King of malice, even though the Dubai trip was sudden because he didn’t take alcohol or smoke, and also for the fact that they met in church, she believed that he was her God-ordained man.
Evelyn, narrated how the vacation was a dream come true until things turned sour.
“So we travelled to Dubai, and the experience was a very beautiful one. We went out on a yacht. We visited the Burj Khalifa. We went shopping; we rode on camels and had so much fun. We stayed in Dubai for a week and returned to Ghana,” she said, her voice filled with nostalgia.
Upon their return, she was prompted to ask King about his occupation, despite he telling her earlier that he was from a wealthy home, he also reaffirmed his import/export business and wealthy family, further solidifying her trust.
“What even baffled me was that he never asked me for sex or to get intimate with him. Once, I tried initiating intimacy, but he declined, stating that, as Christians, we must not engage in fornication. But even if we should get intimate, it should be only kissing, and even with that, we must both go to a hospital to check for any sexually transmitted diseases before we can do that,” she recalled.
The fateful day arrived when King suggested a medical test for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) which she agreed to.
“One Saturday, we went to the GAEC Hospital and got tested for all forms of sexually transmitted diseases. Interestingly, that day when we got to the hospital, he took charge, and all I had to do was go to the lab and get tested. Not long after, we got our results and were cleared of any sexually transmitted infections,” she said.
She then visited King in his house for the first time at East Legon Hills which was a beautiful two-bedroom self-contained, gated, and magnificent house.
“I began to think of myself as ‘Oga’s wife‘ and for the first time, we were both lost in the moment, and we kissed before i could recover from the kiss, King announced that they were going for a “baecation” (a holiday/vacation with a romantic partner) in Singapore little did I know that this “baecation” was going to turn into a nightmare”.
“In less than a week, we were in Singapore, but that was where my nightmare began. After we landed in Singapore, King made love to me, and for the first time we consumed wine (alcohol) which totally knocked me out, I guess, because I don’t remember anything else.“
“I woke in a hospital bed, and after several inquiries, I realized one of my kidneys had been harvested. I wept; I cried till my tears couldn’t flow anymore. Eventually, I had to heal before doctors could discharge me,” she said, in her voice trembling.
Evelyn’s world crumbled. She was discharged; immigration officials were already waiting at the entrance of the hospital, and she was bundled into a van. They drove her to the airport, and she came back to Ghana.
Her search for King led to a shocking discovery: he was a master manipulator, using the church as a hunting ground.
“I came to Ghana without my phone, and unfortunately, on my part, none of my family members knew King. He told me not to post our pictures when we were together, and as an obedient girlfriend, I did. So I only talked about him to my friends, but none of them had seen him before,” she said.
As she sat in the dimly lit room for the interview with The Ghana Report, her mind was filled with a mountain of questions and doubts.
“I don’t know how much went into those trips, and I don’t know how much a human kidney costs, but I believe if he was into organ harvesting, he would have harvested all my organs and dumped me somewhere, and nobody might even know.”
She refuses to believe that he might not be into human organ harvesting, but found himself in a situation that warranted that.
“Hopefully, one day, I get all the answers I need”.
Three years have passed, and the victim’s scars still linger. Her trust is shattered, and her faith in humanity is wavering.
“Organ harvesting is real in Ghana; even the church is a target. So, I advise people to be extremely vigilant and not fall prey to such plots. I also stopped going to church since that incident happened, and since then, I have serious trust issues. Do not trust anybody in this life except God,” she exclaimed.
Evelyn lived to tell her story, but not all victims survive to share such an experience a situation that makes it difficult for law enforcement agencies to track down and prosecute organ-harvesting syndicates.
“We hear about organ harvesting cases, but it’s rather unfortunate that the victims do not live to tell their stories and assist with investigations.” The Officer-in-Charge of the Anti-Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Person (AHSTIP) Unit of the Aflao Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI.), Justice Kudzo Normeshie, told The Ghana Report.
Again, investigator and security threat analyst, Mr. George Dosoo Doyen, told The Ghana Report there is a human trafficking syndicate operating in the West African sub-region that is in the business of abducting and killing innocent people for their organs and selling them in Thailand, Indonesia, India, Singapore, and other foreign countries for exorbitant fees.
“Nowadays, members of such syndicates use spiritual powers to hypnotise innocent persons, and when they touch any part of your body, the victim follows them wherever they are going.
“This organ harvesting is a booming business, and we need to pay close attention to this human trafficking menace because it’s draining us as a nation,” Mr. Dosoo Doyen expressed.
