Onitsha Woman Confesses: "I Come to Lagos to Buy Older Babies And Sell To Women Who Needed Them"

Mrs Grace Onye, a 52 year old woman confessed to regularly coming to Lagos from Onitsha to buy babies.


The human trafficker told the police that her specialty was buying the babies and selling them to those who needed them. This was revealed when she was arrested by the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba.

She said in her confession that she had been in the business for three years, and that her market was majorly barren women.


Nigerian Eye reports:

"She was arrested along with her customer, 45-year old Mrs. Ngozi Ikeh who is barren and needed a child.

They were arrested at Ikotun in the morning while going back to Ontisha with a stolen baby sold to them for N300,000 by their contact man who is now at large.

The suspects confessed that they had a contact man simply identified as Samuel who usually lodged them at Francis Inn Hotel located at Abiola Adeyemi Street, Igando Road, Ikotun whenever they are in Lagos to buy babies. Grace confessed further that it was in that hotel that Samuel brought the baby and collected N300,000.

Joy Olowolade, the two-year old stolen baby was allegedly kidnapped at 6, Oladunjoye Street, off Igando Road, Ikotun Lagos."