Syndicate suspected to have sold 50 babies busted in Lagos

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Babies suspected to have been sold at the Maternity

Babies suspected to have been sold at the Maternity

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two women who specialised in selling new born babies at Ejigbo area of Lagos.

The suspects have allegedly sold 50 babies for between N500,000 and N1 million.

The two suspected women, Florence Nkem Douglas and  Gift Michael were about to be lynched by a mob when the police intervened.

Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana revealed that the suspects were arrested on 26 August, 2019 at about 3:30pm by the Police at Ejigbo Police Station.

According to him, on the said day, a police officer attached to the Motor traffic Division  of Ejigbo Police Division while controlling  traffic at Jakande Gate, Ejigbo noticed a sort of commotion  close to her traffic point, which prompted her to intervene  and discovered that the brouhaha  was about a lady named Gift Michael, 24y,  found with a suspected  new born baby.

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“In her company is her ‘madam’, one Florence Nkem Douglas aged 50 years, both of Ijegun area of Isheri. They were about to be mobbed due to the alarm raised by those who had been trailing the duo from their residence in Ijegun as the whole community had been suspecting them for long for being in the business of buying and selling of babies in their Maternity Clinic, but for the timely intervention of the traffic Police woman, the two women with the baby were rescued to Ejigbo Divisional Police Headquarters where in-depth investigation was conducted.

“Investigation revealed  that the said Florence Douglas, a native of Igueben in Edo State, who is not a registered  nurse operates two Maternity  Clinic named Flofidel Clinic and Maternity  Homes with branches in  Shosanya Street, I82, Ijegun road and  Okunola Ijagemo areas. O

“n interrogation, the said Florence admitted  to have been in the business of  sales of babies for a while. She revealed that a baby girl is referred  to as “PINK” while a baby boy is called “BLUE”; and are both referred to as “MARKET” . She further confessed that the male baby found in their custody at Jakande gate, Ejigbo, suspected to be a week old was brought to her from Gombe, enroute Akure and was to be sold for N500,000

Babies suspected to have been sold by the syndicate

“The rescued baby who appeared sick with symptoms suspected to be jaundice was promptly taken to hospital for medical attention. Worthy of mention are  pictures of about 50 different babies in the phone of the suspect, suspected to have already been sold off. Babies are usually sold between N500,000 and N1million depending on their sex,” Elkana said.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Zubairu Muazu has ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba to take over the investigation and ensure that other members of the syndicate were apprehended.

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