A middle-aged woman believed to be from
Cameroon, Evelyn Atemkeng, was arrested yesterday in Calabar, the Cross
River State capital, by men of the Nigeria Immigration Service for
allegedly buying a three day old baby at the cost of N1.2 million. Read more
Mrs Atemkeng accompanied by her aged
mother, Anastasia Fambong, was said to have bought the baby boy from a
matron of a clinic in Delta State.
Commander of the Cross River State
Command, Mr Samuel Ichoi, said his men accosted the lady while she was
boarding a ship to Cameroon.
He said: “The lady came from Cameron to
Nigeria on Friday without any sign of pregnancy but she was found to be
carrying a baby and when my men examined her there are no signs that she
just gave birth. So, she and the baby were apprehended.”
Mrs Atemkeng told reporters she gave
birth to the baby and that the money she paid into the account of the
matron was for delivery and herbs she gave to her to aid delivery.
“She (matron) said my breast would start producing milk in three weeks but for now the baby is taking baby food,” Atemkeng said.
She said she came to Nigeria because she did not have anybody in Cameroon to take care of her.
She said: “I am married and my husband
is in Cameroon but there is nobody to take care of me in Cameroon; that
was why I came to Nigeria to deliver.”
The Anti-Human Trafficking officer of
the NIS at the Calabar Port, Mrs Agbor Ojong Ogar, said she took time to
examine the woman and she did not have any sign of someone who just
gave birth.
She said: “The woman passed here on
Friday; she left on Saturday and returned to Calabar on Tuesday and was
heading back to Cameroon with a baby and when we examined her, she does
not have any signs of having given birth recently.”
Culled from The Nation newspaper
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