A
60-year-old woman, Asabi Adebayo, has been arrested by the police in Oyo State
for allegedly buying five babies at N5million from Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
The
suspect, who planned to fly the babies abroad for sale, was said to have
brought them to an orphanage in Ibadan to obtain a certified police report for
them when the bubble burst.
Commissioner
of Police Leye Oyebade, who paraded the suspect and the babies yesterday at the
Eleyele Police Headquarters, said the woman would have escaped if not for the
patriotic behavior of the officials of the orphanage, who reported the matter
at the Iyaganku Police Station.
The
suspect, who said she hailed from Lagos State, is also a British citizen.
The
ages of the babies, (two boys and three girls) range from two years, eight
months, seven months, six months and four months.
The
babies have been taken to the Ministry of Women Affairs, Child Welfare; the
suspect is assisting the police in their investigation.
The
police commissioner said officers, who accompanied the suspect to Port-Harcourt
where she claimed to have bought the babies, have not been able to apprehend
the sellers.
The
Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Iyaganku, Mr Ojopagogo, said: “ A woman, who
operates an orphanage came to our station last Thursday and reported to us that
a 60-year-old woman came to them that she had five children and that she needed
police report for the children to be flown abroad .
“Our
detectives, led by a Superintendent of Police (SP) from the Juvenile
Welfare Section, went to arrest the suspect.
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