Two women, Ujunwa Una and Chinelo Igbechionwu, have been arrested for their involvement in the sale of two newborn babies.
The suspects were arrested by patrol officers from the Ojodu Division at the Berger bus-stop, a major entry point into Lagos State, after receiving a tip-off from a Good Samaritan.
In a statement released on Friday by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Lagos State Command in Ikeja, it was revealed that the officers found the two women in possession of two newborn baby girls, about six days old, as they traveled from Abia State on September 9, 2024.
Investigations revealed that the women were en route to meet a nurse in Lagos State, whom the babies’ mother had promised to connect them with upon their arrival.
During questioning, Una and Igbechionwu admitted their involvement, disclosing they were paid One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (₦150,000) to transport the infants. They further explained that the mother sold the babies due to her inability to care for them.
The case has been handed over to the Command’s Gender Unit, with the newborns now placed in a motherless babies’ home for necessary medical evaluations.
Ongoing investigations aim to identify and apprehend other accomplices, while the two women were arraigned on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
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.”
It added, “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.”
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