Police Bust Illegal Adoption Ring, Arrest Two For Selling Newborn Twins In Lagos

Police operatives in Lagos State have arrested two persons for allegedly selling newborn twins.

The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command Benjamin Hundeyin said the arrest in the Berger area of the state came after a “Good Samaritan” alerted officers from the Ojodu Division about the suspects.

“The suspects were found with two newborn baby girls, approximately six days old, while traveling from Abia State on September 9, 2024,” Hundeyin said in a Friday statement.

Police investigations showed that the suspects were en route to “deliver the babies to one nurse in Lagos State whom the mother of the babies promised to link them up with only after they had arrived in Lagos.

“Upon questioning, the suspects confessed to the crime, stating that they were paid the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (₦150,000) for transportation of the babies to Lagos. The suspects added that the mother of the babies sold the babies because she could not give them proper care.”

He said efforts are ongoing to arrest other conspirators while the nabbed suspects were arraigned on Thursday, September 19, 2024.

“The case was transferred to the Gender Unit of the Command from where the newborns were placed in the custody of a motherless babies home for proper care and medical evaluation,” the spokesman said.