Man 51, wife held for allegedly buying one month old baby 

By Patience Ogbo

Policemen attached to the Lagos State command  arrested a man and his wife for allegedly buying a month  old baby. 
Lagos state commissioner of police CP Hakeem Odumosu while  parading suspects at the state command on Monday said "Officers from Anthony Division, on enforcement duty at Anthony Oke pin down point intercepted a Toyota Sienna SUV carrying 7 passengers. Among the passengers are, one Patrick Mbama ‘m’ 41 years old and Ogechi Chinonso Ekwebele ‘f’ 30 years old traveling together with a baby of about a month old, suspected to be stolen. They were coming from Orlu, Imo State.  All the occupants of the vehicle were arrested for violating the ban on inter states travel and the vehicle is impounded. Upon questioning, this particular couples claimed that a childless man and wife in Lagos had paid for the said Baby. The childless couples who ordered for the Baby, namely: Izuchukwu Okafor ‘m’ 51 years old from Oraifete, Imo state and Cecilia Okafor ‘f’ 40 years old were arrested. The name of the child’s parent as contained in the birth certificate recovered is that of the buyers"
The police bossThe Baby’s date of birth is 23/03/2020. The biological parents of the Baby were traced. The Baby will today be handed over to them, while the suspects will be charged to Court.