Just In : Local Council Worker, 15 Others Arrested For Selling Babies For N400,000 To Clients In Lagos, Anambra
ASP Mahid Abubakar, the spokesperson for the state police command described the case as a criminal conspiracy.
Gombe State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a suspected human trafficker who sold a baby for N400,000 along with 15 other suspects for engaging in trafficking.
ASP Mahid Abubakar, the spokesperson for the state police command described the case as a criminal conspiracy.
He revealed that one Khadija Shehu-Manzo colluded with 15 others including a staff member of Gombe Local Government Area to commit the crime last weekend.
He said the suspects were nabbed following an intelligence report from the Barunde community.
He said, “The community claimed that sometime within last year one Khadija Shehu-Manzo and 15 others were involved in selling young babies to people in need.
“Upon receipt of the report detectives attached to low-cost division swung into action where full-blown investigation was carried out and the said Khadija was arrested.
“The remaining suspects arrested confirmed that Shehu-Manzo allegedly sold two babies to Ukamaka Ugo on different occasions.
“Shehu-Manzo sold one child for N400,000. Out of the money from Tina Raphael, she gave N200,000 to one Haruna Abubakar, who is working with the Social Welfare Gombe in the name that he was going to make relevant documentation available for proper handing over of the child.
“Yahaya Sulaiman was the person that received the money on Abubakar’s behalf.”
According to the police, the two babies were trafficked to Lagos and Anambra.
The police said they were working to recover the trafficked children, saying Ukamaka Ugo bought two children.
