The police in Oyo State have arrested a man for seizing his daughter’s day-old-baby in Oyo town and selling it to a baby factory in Abia State for N700,000.
Five accomplices of the man were also arrested at the baby factory.
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Oyo State, Mr Adebola Hamzat, told newsmen in Ibadan on Saturday that the man took the baby-girl from her teenage mother, Sarah Chukwuka, on July 10, and was later arrested at his hideout in Ibafo, Ogun.
The CP said, “The suspect who identified himself as the biological father of the teenage mother of the day-old baby-girl confessed to the crime.
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“He explained how he took the baby from the mother pretending that he would hand the baby over to a caregiver.
“The suspect also explained how he moved the baby to Abia where he sold her to the owner of the baby factory at Obehi in Okwa West LGA for N700, 000.
“A raid on the baby factory led to the arrest of a female suspect identified as Bunmi and four other accomplices.’’
He said a bundle of new birth certificates and some equipment used in the labour room were recovered from the factory. (NAN)
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