The Anambra Police Command has uncovered a baby factory in Odekpe, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state.
The suspect (names withheld for
security reasons by the police), who hails from Imo State, was alleged to have
opened a maternity home at Odekpe in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra
State where she nurtured the babies after birth and then sell them to
prospective buyers, Vanguard
reports
Reporting the story, the paper
said the suspect had on August 28, a day after the delivery, sent Adaku, mother
of the baby, to a nearby compound to fetch a gallon of water to bath the baby,
which she obeyed.
It was gathered that on returning
from the errand, she discovered that the suspect had disappeared with her baby.
The paper gathered that several
phone calls she made to find out the whereabout of the suspect were futile as
her line was switched off.
The source stated that when the
suspect eventually showed up about a week later without the baby and was
confronted by Adaku, she simply asked her to allow her to rest.
The suspect was later arrested by
the police for another offence. When she was released from custody and was
confronted again by Adaku, she replied: “Can’t you see I am just returning from
police custody?”
Vanguard
learnt that it was at this point that Adaku
contacted one of her cousins who lodged a complaint at Police Area Command
Headquarters, Onitsha, and the suspect was arrested.
She confessed to the police that
she had sold the baby to someone at Obosi for N700,000, after which she took
the police to Obosi where the baby boy was recovered.
The Police Area Commander for
Onitsha, Benjamin Wordu, an Assistant Commissioner of Police who confirmed the
arrest, said he had just transferred the matter to the State Criminal
Investigations Department, CID, Awka, for further investigations.
The state Police Public Relations
Officer, PPRO, Uche Ezeh, also confirmed the arrest to newsmen in a telephone
chat, adding that the suspect would be charged to court after investigations.
He also disclosed that the baby
boy had been released to his mother.
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