Rivers state Police command yesterday paraded three pregnant women and a 36-year-old man suspected to be
involved in producing babies for sale
The
suspects, who were arrested in Igwuruta, Rivers state on July 5th, were
identified as Odinchinma Nwala (25), Glory Anyanwu (22), Goodness Nwankwo (19),
and Stanley Okechukwu (male, 36).
According to Punch Newpaper, the DPO of Igwuruta Police Station, Mr. Bello Muhammed, who
spoke with newsmen, explained how the suspects were arrested, saying they were
alerted by well-meaning Nigerians.
"We
sent a patrol team that went and confirmed the information. When the police
traced and arrested Okechukwu, who took the team to where he kept the girls on
Saturday, July 5, 2014, it was discovered that the suspects had been involved
in the business for a long time." continue
“The girls
were brought from different local government areas, and further investigation
revealed that after delivering, he will settle (pay) the girls N100,000 per
baby girl and N150,000 for a baby boy before selling the babies,” the DPO said.
Mohammed
said that investigation was ongoing to get to the root of the matter, adding
that child trafficking remains an offence in the country.
However,
Okechukwu, who spoke with newsmen, denied operating a baby factory. He said
that he was only rendering assistance to the young pregnant women.
Also, one of
the pregnant women, who identified herself as Glory Anyanwu, said she was eight
months pregnant, even as she denied that they were being kept for a baby
producing business.
"He
(Okechukwu) saw me in this condition and decided to assist me by offering me
and my unborn baby accommodation. But I know the person that impregnated me,”
Anyanwu said.
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