Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two persons – Ujunwa Una and Chinelo Igbechionwu – over the alleged sale of a set of twins.
The spokesman of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known on his X handle on Friday.
He said the suspects were arrested by patrol officers from Ojodu Division stationed at Berger bus-stop, an entry point into Lagos State.
The officers, he explained, had earlier been alerted about the suspects by a Good Samaritan.
The suspects, upon arrest, the police officer said, were found with two newborn baby girls, approximately six-days old, while travelling from Abia State on September 9, 2024.
Hundeyin said investigations revealed that the suspects were on their way 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.
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“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.
He said 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 was ongoing to arrest other conspirators, the arrested suspects were arraigned on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
