A
45-year-old woman, Margaret Wisdom
Effiong, who allegedly sells babies, has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom
State Police Command.
The
suspect was arrested, last week, at Uruan Local Government Area, where she
allegedly engages in the illicit business with her husband, Wisdom Effiong Mbaba, who is still at
large.
Akwa
Ibom State Police Commissioner, Umar
Gwadabe, told journalists, in Uyo yesterday [Apr. 12], the suspect and her
husband sold babies mostly to those that use them for rituals.
Gwadabe said three pregnant girls and four
others, with ages between 18 and 20, were rescued from the suspect’s hideout.
The
suspect, however, denied the allegation, claiming her husband only carry out
abortion for people.
One
of the ladies rescued from the suspect, Aniebiet
Sunday, said she initially wanted to abort her pregnancy, but had to be
delivered of the baby, which she immediately sold to the couple for N70,000.
Affirming
the command’s readiness to maintain law and order in the state, Gwadabe said: “We
will ensure that Akwa Ibom State is made extremely hot and uncomfortable for
all criminals and mischief makers”.
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