A 50 year-old woman, Mrs. Oby George,
who allegedly sells babies to couples who are in desperate need, has
been arrested by police operatives of the Lagos State Command.
The suspect, who is based in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, deceived her victims with the story that she had
harbal medicines that could make them get pregnant and have babies of
their own no matter their ages.
She allegedly collected N1.5million from
a 61-year- old woman, Mrs. Momoh Ceclia Adesope, to give her twins and
N2.7 million from 43-year-old Mrs. Joy Okonkwo for triplets.
While Adesope and her 78-year-old
husband got their supposed twins, the Okonkwos were still waiting for
theirs when she was caught by the police.
Operatives of the Area ‘E’ Command got
information from some concerned citizens that Mrs Adesope who had passed
the age of child bearing had twins. Following the report, the couple
was invited to the area command for questioning by the Assistant
Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge, Mr Dan Okoro. It was their
confessions that led the operatives to Port Harcourt where the prime
suspect was arrested.
Command’s spokesman, Ngozi Braide, a
Deputy Superintendent (DSP) who paraded the suspect yesterday, said she
was arrested on April 16 after Mrs. Adesope, one of the victims, went to
a hospital in Festac Area of Lagos for a medical check-up.
Doctors, it was gathered, suspected that
her babies were not twins as she claimed. One of the babies was about
two weeks old, while the other was over two months old. The hospital
alerted the police and she was arrested for intrrogation.
Braide said the woman confessed that one
Mrs George in Port Harcourt sold some herbal medicines to her and that
when she was due for delivery, she went back to the same woman who, she
claimed, delivered her of the babies.
It was gathered that when the operatives
probed further, Adesope could not provide any evidence of anti-natal
care at any hospital before delivery or any medical analysis to confirm
that she was ever pregnant.
ACP Okoro led other operatives to Port
Harcourt where the suspect was arrested and fake hospital delivery
equipment was also recovered.
The suspect, Oby, said: “I am from the
Ummabo side in Port Harcourt. Let me tell you the truth. It was one
Helen Okoronkwo who brought them. I helped her really to deliver her of
the babies. I bought the herbs which I administered on them from a
market. They were all roots.”
She said she started the business over a
year ago, adding that she only helped people who were in desperate need
of children to achieve their dreams.
Adesope said: “One lady who asked me
whether I was looking for a baby told me that it was possible to get
pregnant and get a child of my own. I paid her N1.5million for male
twins. She said the person was her neighbour who just returned from
abroad. She gave me the woman’s phone number. When I called her she said
I should come to Port Harcourt to meet her. She gave me directions to
her place when I got to Port Harcourt. She gave me seeds to eat the
first day, and later started administering herbal drugs. I came to Port
Harcourt after eight months of taking the prescribed herbs and seeds.
Therefore, when I got to Port Harcourt again, she said it was time for
me to deliver.
“She told me to lie down. I became
almost unconscious and she used razor blade to cut my clitoris and
started asking me to push, and I continued to push. At a point, I heard
the cry of a baby. They congratulated me that I had a baby boy and told
me to be patient and that the second boy was on his way. They asked me
to push harder and before I knew it, I heard another cry of a baby and
they congratulated.
“When I came back to Lagos, I started
feeling pains and went to hospital despite warning by Oby that I should
never go to hospital because miracle babies have nothing to do with
hospital. It was at the hospital that the doctor asked me how old I was
and was surprised that I should deliver twins, two bouncing baby boys,
at the age of 61. He alerted the police and I was arrested”.
Okoronkwo, who resides in the Ajah area
of Lagos said: “I have been married for 18 years. It was somebody, a
neighbour that texted me the GSM number of the miracle babies woman at
Port Harcourt. When I got there, she asked me to take a cab to her
miracle maternity. She gave two types of herbs to start with. When she
saw me she said I was due to deliver the desired triplets.
“As I was taking the drug my body
started swelling and some of my clothes could not even be worn again. I
was instructed not to go to any doctor because miracle babies have
nothing to do with hospitals. It was this woman, Oby, that was my
miracle baby deliverer. I paid her N2.7million for the triplets. To be
honest, I am not pregnant. I am sick, see my body. My legs are swollen;
my tummy is swollen due to the drug she administered. I don’t believe I
am pregnant. I am sick”.
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