A baby delivery syndicate was recently unearthed by the Police and a key suspect arrested and paraded in Lagos, alongside two other women who were believed to have paid certain sums of money respectively, to be delivered of babies.

Forty three years old Joy Ibe who lives at Ajah area of Lagos, said she has been married for 18 years without any issues, a dilemma that prompted her to run up and down seeking for fruit of the womb, until she came in contact with a Port Harcourt based 50- year old woman identified as Oby George, who was noted for helping women deliver babies after paying an agreed amount of money to her.


Joy told news men how she met Oby, and what followed after that: “one of my neighbours visited Nigeria and heard about Oby, after she travelled back to the Unites States, she text me Obi’s number and asked me to contact her if I am interested.

I called up Oby and told her my problems, she gave me her address to come and meet her in Port-Harcourt. When I got to Port-Harcourt and met with her, she gave me some herbs which I took until it was time for me to deliver. I paid her N2, 700.000 for triplets.

The only signs I have as a pregnant woman is my swollen tommy and legs which you can see, I still see my period sometimes. I have not gone to the hospital for scan, because the instruction given to me was that the scan will not be able to identify the babies in the womb.

On the day I was arrested by the police, Obi had invited me to Port-Harcourt for check-up, so she could ascertain if I am due for delivery. I went and she checked me, after that she said I was not due, that I have to wait for a little longer. But because it was late for me to travel back to Lagos that very day, she said I should pass the night at her house, I obliged, that was when the police came and arrested us. From what I am seeing right now, I don’t believe that I am pregnant despite my swollen tommy and legs.

Another victim, a 61 years old woman identified as Cecilia Adesope who has not had issues before, told newsmen that she was brought to Oby, by a woman still at large, who had told her Oby would be able to help her, she was asked to go to Port-harcourt for delivery, after she paid the sum of N1,500.000.

“When I got to Port-harcourt for delivery, which was after the pregnancy period, I was given something like a fish to chew, after I did, I felt like going to the toilet. When I got out of the toilet, I was asked to lie down and push with all my power, after that I heard cries of babies. I also noticed some blood on my private part, and was given a pad to use.

I did not go to the hospital during the pregnancy period, because I was instructed not to do so, as the hospital scan will not see the babies.

How I was arrested
when I returned to Lagos with my set of twin babies, I decided to take them to the hospital for inoculation injections. The hospital management must have suspected that I did not really give birth to the babies, because as we were waiting for the injection, the police came and arrested me.

Oby George’s story:
The Port-Harcourt based 50-year old woman identified as the person that has been ‘helping women deliver children’ also gave her account of the part she played in Mama Cecilia Adesope’s case: “Cecilia was brought to me by one Mrs Okoro now at large, who has been treated, she pleaded with me to help her deliver a set of twin babies. That all her life she has not had any child of her own, that she is desperate.

Mrs Okoro told me that we should use my apartment since her husband was around and she does not want him to know about this issue. So I agreed and the sum of N1,500.000 was paid into my account for the job. On her due date, she travelled down to Port-Harcourt and we all went to my place. I gave her some herbs to chew after which she went to the toilet, she got out, we asked her to lie down and push with all her might while I held her hands. At a point, we used a razor blade to give her some tear so that blood will come out, and make the whole thing look real. Mrs Okoro then brought the babies, whom she had arranged from somwhere, that was when Mama heard the cries of babies.

When asked how she met Mrs Okoro, Obi told newsmen that she knows Mrs Okoro very well, as both of them work together in ‘helping women deliver’.
Oby who told newsmen she has been in this business for over a year said she could not remember the number of children she had helped women deliver.

tpia@:
Somebody living in AMERICA believes a scan cannot see a baby in the womb?

Wahala dey.

tpia@:
Somebody living in AMERICA believes a scan cannot see a baby in the womb?

Wahala dey.

greall1: i know the girl in blue(gift)

splashbaby: Where do they get all these children from?

Lagos rescues four children sold for N60, 000 by parents

[size=18pt]Lagos state government, yesterday said it rescued no fewer than four children in the last one year sold by their parents and guardians for a minimum of N60, 000, to aid their financial needs.[/size]

The state government however said that 187 cases of child abuse and domestic violence were reported and treated by the state government in the year under review.

Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire disclosed this at the 2013 ministerial Press Briefing held in Alausa,Ikeja, to commemorate the sixth year anniversary of Governor BabatundeFashola's administration.

Adefulire who also doubles as the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA, said that the last one was rescued by the government six months ago, adding "the child was rescued where it was sold by her grandmother for N 300, 000."

According to her, "the state government also rescued four children sold for a minimum of N60, 000. The last was rescued about six months ago but we have also rescued the child who was sold for about N300, 000. This child we rescued is nine months old now. Those children are in our homes and we have sent them back to school, to continue their studies. When their parents are ready, they will come forward to reclaim their babies. I remember that I brought this issue to the state government six months ago. The woman who bought the child travelled to America and we had to wait for her to return and we collected the baby from her.

"Presently, we are investigating a woman now who we suspected bought all the five children in her custody".

She assured residents of the state that government will never relent in ensuring that issues relating to child care wouldn't be treated with levity. She further disclosed that the state government has concluded plans to establish a special mother centre where young girls who were forced into pregnancy can be taken care of until they deliver their babies.

"Also we created a mini-clinic closer to the centre because they may want to deliver their babies at the midnight.

"After delivery, we will keep their babies for about five years. These children will be living in our motherless home. We believe that by then, they must have been able to acquire funds to cater for the children. Sometimes, this may be the only child they will be able to give birth to",she emphasized.

She explained that this will help curb issues of sold babies that may occur in the state.

"Orelope-Adefulire warned that the state government would intensifying its enforcement of the Child Right Law and other laws related to domestic violence in the state."She noted that the state government recently embark on investigation and it discovered that some residents of the state have become agents to child trafficking in the state.

"The deputy Governor warned that there wouldn't be any hiding place for rapist and others violating the state laws in the state."ON THE CHILD ABUSE AND OTHJER CASES"On the breakdown, she said "Giving a breakdown of the statistics, Orelope-Adefulire said "53 cases of child trafficking/labour, sexual abuse; 43, Child Custody, 33; child neglect 13, sale baby 2, physical abuse 37 and teenage pregnancy 1.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/l...00-by-parents/

nisot23: They chew herbs that give them swollen tommies and legs....only God knows what those herbs really are and what damage it has done to their bodies.

tpia@:
Somebody living in AMERICA believes a scan cannot see a baby in the womb?

Wahala dey.