Human rights activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has levelled explosive allegations against a Nigerian police unit, claiming officers killed detainees and sold their organs, while drawing attention to the prolonged detention of a former corps member who allegedly exposed the practice.
Speaking on Channels Television on Monday, March 9, 2026, Sowore identified the individual at the center of the controversy as Nnamdi Emeh, a former National Youth Service Corps member who was posted to the police’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) — a unit he described as a rebranded version of the disbanded SARS. “When they kill people in their custody, they sell their organs to organ trafficking companies or persons,” Sowore alleged, attributing the claim to Emeh’s own disclosures, which were reportedly published on the blog platform Gistlover.
Sowore said Emeh’s access to police devices and internal operations made his revelations particularly damaging, and that authorities moved against him shortly after the publications surfaced. Emeh allegedly fled to the Benin Republic but was tracked down and returned to Nigeria, where he was charged in 2023 with offenses including illegal weapons possession.
Despite being granted bail, Emeh has remained behind bars. Sowore alleged that police secured a court motion blocking his release from the very judge who had approved his bail — a development he called “bizarre.” He also claimed there had been attempts on Emeh’s life while in custody. Notably, Emeh received a whistleblower award in 2025, which Sowore argued validated the credibility of his claims.
Sowore further revealed that an internal police report, commissioned by the force’s Abuja headquarters but never publicly released, had come into his possession. He said the document, despite appearing to target Emeh, inadvertently confirmed that officers he named were linked to 11 deaths under suspicious circumstances in 2022 alone. Sowore called on the new Inspector General of Police to address the matter directly.
Nnamdi Daniel Emeh, a 26-year-old Nigerian IT consultant and graduate of Business Administration, has been in detention since March 2023 following his exposure of grave allegations of extrajudicial killings, organ harvesting, abductions, extortion, and corruption involving officers of the Anambra State Rapid Response Squad (RRS). Despite being granted bail, fulfilling all bail conditions, and receiving multiple court-ordered release warrants, Emeh remains incarcerated at the Awka Correctional Centre — a direct result of procedural obstruction, missing court documents, and brazen non-compliance by Nigerian police authorities.
In June 2023, the then Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, announced the setting up of an investigation panel to probe the allegation. “The IG has set up a special investigation panel under the IG’s Monitoring and Mentoring Unit to commence investigations into some weighty allegations of unprofessionalism, high-handedness, and extra-judicial killings levelled against its officers serving at the Zone 13 Command, Ukpo-Dunukofia, and the Anambra State Command on social media platforms.”
“This was on the directive of the IG for the commencement of investigations to ascertain the veracity of the allegations for further necessary action, while the panel has been given a period of two weeks to come up with a report of investigations.” Said the police spokesman.
Three years later, the result of the probe is yet to be made public while most of the police officers mentioned have been promoted to the next rank. Nnamdi Emeh remain in detention. His case has drawn international attention, including recognition of Nnamdi Emeh by Blueprint for Free Speech’s 2025 Whistleblowing Prize. In 2025, twenty international NGOs publicly demanded his release. Yet the Nigerian state has failed to act.
