A middle-aged woman believed to be from Cameroon, Evelyn
Atemkeng, has been arrested in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, by men
of the Nigeria Immigration Service for allegedly buying a three day old baby at
the cost of N1.2 million.
Mrs Atemkeng accompanied by her aged mother, Anastasia Fambong,
was said to have bought the baby boy from a matron of a clinic in Delta State.
Commander of the Cross River State Command, Mr Samuel Ichoi,
said his men accosted the lady while she was boarding a ship to Cameroon.
He said: “The lady came from Cameron to Nigeria on Friday
without any sign of pregnancy but she was found to be carrying a baby and when
my men examined her there are no signs that she just gave birth. So, she and
the baby were apprehended.”
Mrs Atemkeng told reporters she gave birth to the baby and
that the money she paid into the account of the matron was for delivery and
herbs she gave to her to aid delivery.
“She (matron) said my breast would start producing milk in
three weeks but for now the baby is taking baby food,” Atemkeng said.
She said she came to Nigeria because she did not have
anybody in Cameroon to take care of her.
She said: “I am married and my husband is in Cameroon but
there is nobody to take care of me in Cameroon; that was why I came to Nigeria
to deliver.”
The Anti-Human Trafficking officer of the NIS at the Calabar
Port, Mrs Agbor Ojong Ogar, said she took time to examine the woman and she did
not have any sign of someone who just gave birth.
She said: “The woman passed here on Friday; she left on
Saturday and returned to Calabar on Tuesday and was heading back to Cameroon
with a baby and when we examined her, she does not have any signs of having
given birth recently.”
Information from The Nation newspaper was used in this
report.
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