A 39-year-old teacher, Joshua Afolayan, has accused a doctor at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital of removing both his kidneys without consent following a routine surgery after a road accident. Afolayan said the procedure, carried out in August 2025, was meant to remove only one damaged kidney, but he was later left dependent on regular dialysis and in chronic pain.
Speaking to PUNCH, Afolayan explained that medical tests confirmed his left kidney was functioning normally before surgery. “My right kidney was not good, but the left kidney was functioning 100 per cent,” he said. He alleged that post-surgery scan results were withheld, raising suspicion before he discovered that both kidneys had been removed.
He further claimed the hospital later attributed the outcome to a “horseshoe kidney,” a diagnosis he disputed, noting earlier scans showed no such condition. Following public outcry, the Ekiti State Government reportedly set up a panel to investigate. Afolayan appealed for urgent intervention, saying he had received only free dialysis without intensive care.