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| Ifeoma carrying the baby with syndicate members |
An Enugu-based female hairdresser,
Ifeoma Obike has been arrested by operative of Anti Human Trafficking Unit of
the Criminal Investigation Department of the Enugu State Police Command, who
allegedly combined her business with the illicit trade of baby factory.
Ifeoma, who claimed to be a native
of Oguta in Imo State and a popular hairstylist in New Haven, Enugu, according
to the police, but augment her earnings from her legitimate business by
engaging in the “baby for sale” trade which had been thriving in many parts of
the South-East for some time.
Ujunwa (middle), Ifeoma (2nd right)
with the baby and suspected members of the syndicate
Ifeoma who claimed to have five
children out of wedlock, however, denied being involved in child trafficking
but she was found with a baby, which she claimed belonged to her sister in
Lagos.
The police said she would be taken
to Lagos to confirm her claim though the operatives doubted her because the
baby was too tender to be cared for by any person other than her mother.
Enugu State Police Public Relations
Officer Ebere Amaraizu, who announced the arrest of Ifeoma and three members of
the syndicate said the long arm of the law caught up with them last Thursday
when men of the Anti Human Trafficking squad, acting on a tip off and swooped
on them.
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