Mother, partner arrested for selling newborn twin for N150,000 in Lagos
Mother, partner arrested for selling newborn twin for N150,000 in Lagos
Abdullateef Fowewe
The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have apprehended a mother of a newborn twin and her criminal partner for selling her toddlers at N150,000.
This was made known through a statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin on Friday.
The suspects identified as Ujunwa Una and Chinelo Igbechionwu were arrested with two six-day-old baby girls whom they had transported from Abia State to Lagos State.
The statement reads, “Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Ujunwa Una ‘f’ and Chinelo Igbechionwu ‘f’ for conspiracy and child sales.
“The suspects were arrested by patrol officers from Ojodu Division stationed at Berger bus-stop, an entry point into Lagos State, whom had earlier been alerted about the suspects by a Good Samaritan. The suspects were found with two newborn baby girls, approximately six-days old, while travelling from Abia State on September 9, 2024”.
The police investigation disclosed that the suspects were caught when they were trying to sell the babies to a nurse in Lagos State because the babies’ mother said she couldn’t afford to take care of them.
“Investigations revealed that the suspects were en route to deliver the babies to one nurse in Lagos State whom the mother of the babies promised to link them up with only after they had arrived Lagos.
“Upon questioning, the suspects confessed to the crime, stating that they were paid the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (₦150,000) for transportation of the babies to Lagos. The suspects added that the mother of the babies sold the babies because she could not give them proper care.
“The case was transferred to the Gender Unit of the Command from where the newborns were placed in the custody of a motherless babies home for proper care and medical evaluation.
“While investigation is ongoing to arrest other conspirators, the arrested suspects were arraigned on Thursday, September 19, 2024,” the statement established.
