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Good Move! Herbalist Arrested In Abuja For Deceiving Women,
Selling Their Babies (Details)
NAIJA NEWS
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons
(NAPTIP), has arrested a herbalist, Mr Chigozie Emmanuel, aka
‘Akuchi’, for selling new born babies in Abuja.
NAPTIP said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, that Emmanuel,
38, is from Enugu State and the owner of Akuchi Herbal Concept,
located at New Nyanya, Abuja.
The statement said he was arrested “after weeks of diligent
surveillance by officers of the Agency and those of the
Department of State services’’.
Emmanuel was allegedly “deceiving women into thinking they are
pregnant and thereafter giving other people’s babies to them
having collected lots of money.
“The arrest was based on a previous arrest by the Nigerian Police,
of a woman whom they saw with a baby in Abuja enroute Minna,
Niger State.
“Based on their suspicion, they detained and questioned the
woman on the identity of the baby she carried. She admitted to
being a patient of Emmanuel, whom she said administered some
herbs to her after years of infertility.
“She thereafter appeared pregnant and was cautioned against
going to the hospital for any medical treatment or ante-natal
care.
“When it was time for her ‘delivery’, Mr. Emmanuel directed her
to Port-Harcourt where a baby was handed over to her. She
confessed to paying Mr. Emmanuel the sum of six hundred and
fifty thousand naira (N650,000) for his services’’.
The statement added that Emmanuel, who was arrested at the
weekend, “is helping in further investigations on sale of human
beings and child trafficking’’.
The Director-General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli
confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
She also commended the Officers for their painstaking
surveillance which culminated in the arrest.
Okah-Donli further warned the public, especially women, to stop
patronizing such ‘herbalists’, as the sale of babies is a crime
punishable by law.
The NAPTIP boss advised couples who wish to adopt a child to go
through the legal means of adoption.
According to her, “some of the babies sold to these women were
abducted from their biological parents.”
She, however, called for more information from the public about
any such act or ‘maternity homes’ being run in their
neighborhood.
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Selling Their Babies (Details)
NAIJA NEWS
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons
(NAPTIP), has arrested a herbalist, Mr Chigozie Emmanuel, aka
‘Akuchi’, for selling new born babies in Abuja.
NAPTIP said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, that Emmanuel,
38, is from Enugu State and the owner of Akuchi Herbal Concept,
located at New Nyanya, Abuja.
The statement said he was arrested “after weeks of diligent
surveillance by officers of the Agency and those of the
Department of State services’’.
Emmanuel was allegedly “deceiving women into thinking they are
pregnant and thereafter giving other people’s babies to them
having collected lots of money.
“The arrest was based on a previous arrest by the Nigerian Police,
of a woman whom they saw with a baby in Abuja enroute Minna,
Niger State.
“Based on their suspicion, they detained and questioned the
woman on the identity of the baby she carried. She admitted to
being a patient of Emmanuel, whom she said administered some
herbs to her after years of infertility.
“She thereafter appeared pregnant and was cautioned against
going to the hospital for any medical treatment or ante-natal
care.
“When it was time for her ‘delivery’, Mr. Emmanuel directed her
to Port-Harcourt where a baby was handed over to her. She
confessed to paying Mr. Emmanuel the sum of six hundred and
fifty thousand naira (N650,000) for his services’’.
The statement added that Emmanuel, who was arrested at the
weekend, “is helping in further investigations on sale of human
beings and child trafficking’’.
The Director-General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli
confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
She also commended the Officers for their painstaking
surveillance which culminated in the arrest.
Okah-Donli further warned the public, especially women, to stop
patronizing such ‘herbalists’, as the sale of babies is a crime
punishable by law.
The NAPTIP boss advised couples who wish to adopt a child to go
through the legal means of adoption.
According to her, “some of the babies sold to these women were
abducted from their biological parents.”
She, however, called for more information from the public about
any such act or ‘maternity homes’ being run in their
neighborhood.
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