The Delta State Police Command have announced the arrest of two female suspects for allegedly buying a three-day-old baby for N2 million in the State.
The baby, a boy, has been recovered, According to the Delta State Police spokesperson, Bright Edafe, the three-day baby boy was recovered following a tipoff.
This was contained in a statement the Command sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday.
According to statement, the suspects, Tessi Ikechukwu and Lauretta Akomen, were arrested on Tuesday with the help of a tricycle rider.
Edafe stated four women boarded the tricycle, but two alighted around the Effurun roundabout.
“One of the two women who alighted handed over a newborn baby boy to the women left in his tricycle. The tricycle rider, however, overheard one of them saying the balance has been paid. While saying that when they get to their destination, they should inform her.
“The tricycle rider smartly diverted the two women and the newborn baby to Ekpan Police Station,” the PRO said.
Edafe noted that one of the suspects, Akomen, 38, has confessed to having bought the baby for N2 million. The suspect said she bought the baby from a traditional home in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The police informed that the traditional home harbours teenage girls. Who get men to impregnate them, and afterwards, sell the babies to people interested in buying them.
The police stated that the suspect also narrated how she was given a drug to make her look pregnant. She told the police that she took the drug to look pregnant.
However, upon her arrest, the suspect led operatives to the house of someone who acted as an agent between her and the traditional home.
source: Premium Times
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