The Benue State Police Command has busted a kidnap and baby-factory syndicate, which specialises in buying and selling babies of between one month and six years old.
While the suspects were being paraded before newsmen on Friday in the state capital Makurdi, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Austin Ezeani said that the group had formed the habit of terrorising resident within the nooks and cranny of the state while kidnapping, buying and selling of babies as if the babies were commodities.
Ezeani, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said that one of the suspects arrested was Veronica Vanger who was based in Benue but specialised in sourcing pregnant young girls who would be taken to the neighbouring Eastern part of the country and taken care of until they deliver their babies, who are then sold.
A victim, identified as Ngbernkerger Doo, reportedly sold her baby through Vanger for N100,000 but got just N14,000 for her troubles.
Another victim, a 16-year-old girl resident in Benue, who sold her baby for N220,000 got just N20,000 after being made to part with her baby to a stranger from Enugu state.
The girl identified as Doshima Adogo was said to have delivered the baby while living with her aunt in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State.
Ezeani said that the suspects will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigations.
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