Fake Lawyer n Nurse Who Sold 3 Month Old Baby Caught

The suspects, a 43-year-old fake nurse, Uju Okonkwo and a fake lawyer, Ezurum Joseph, who claimed to have graduated from the Nnamdi Azikwe University, NAU, Anambra state in 2011 with registration number 39017, confessed to the crime.

The Delta state police command on Monday, August 8, paraded two suspects who sold a three-month-old baby to a Lagos-based businessman for N500, 000.

In his confession, the fake lawyer said over the years, he had provided the hideouts where Okonkwo was using to harbour her victims and had stood as the woman’s solicitor.

He added that he dropped out of school after he could not pass four courses, which prevented him from attending Law School.

“I took to defrauding unsuspecting members of the public since then,” the fake lawyer confessed.

Okonkwo on her part said she had no registered name for her organisation (specialized in trafficking under-aged girls and babies).

According to the police, the three young baby factory victims, Chinyere Ude, 19, Happiness Igwe, 20 and Esther Frank, 17, who were in different stages of pregnancy, were rescued from one of the hideouts.

The girls disclosed to the police that they were brought to the hideout by Okonkwo who claimed to have worked at Chinonso Hospital, Nkpor in Anambra, for the purpose of selling their babies after delivery.

The commissioner of police, Zanna Ibrahim said the suspects were helping in the investigations. In her words, “The matter before us is a complete case of human trafficking and other related offences. Only God knows how many innocent children they have sold into slavery, to unknown persons for money rituals.

“The suspects have started helping us in our investigations.

“The war against crimes must be won to stop careless wastage of lives and property,” Ibrahim added, appealing to parents and guardians to be alive to their responsibilities in providing proper guidance to their children and wards.‎”

Few weeks ago, a man identified as Mba Akachukwu, was arrested for impersonation and possession of counterfeit Nigerian currencies in Abia state.