The police command in Lagos state has arrested two women for allegedly selling involvement a set of six-day-old twins.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a post he shared on his X handle @benHundeyin on Friday.
He said operatives of the command arrested the suspects on their arrival with the babies from Abia state on Sept. 9.
“Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Ujunwa Una ‘f’ and Chinelo Igbechionwu ‘f’ for conspiracy and child sales,” the statement reads.
“The suspects were arrested at entry point into Lagos State, at Berger Bus-stop by patrol officers from Ojodu Division, who 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 traveling from Abia State on September 9, 2024.
“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.”
Hundeyin added that the suspects had already been arraigned in court on Thursday.
