Cameroonian Women caught Trafficking 5 day-old-baby in Calabar

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) today, September 7th, announced the arrest of two Cameroonian women,  who were involved in the trafficking of a five-day-old baby.

Mr. Samuel Igoche, the state NIS Comptroller, informed that the suspects include a legal practitioner, Mrs. Ngala Nungu, 47, and Mrs. Mende Cecilia, 54.

The official said that Mrs. Nungu claimed to have delivered the baby at a herbal clinic at Okitipupa in Ondo state.

 The suspect claimed she spent N1.5 million to buy herbal medicine from the lady who owns the clinic.

Mr. Igoche stated that investigation conducted by immigration officials showed that Mrs. Nungu never gave birth to the baby, adding that the child in her custody was from a source she refused to identify.

The suspect replied with her story, told the newsmen she got information about the herbal clinic in Cameroon. Then she borrowed the money and used them to purchase the drugs which made her pregnant.

“I came to Nigeria, met the woman who owns the herbal clinic and bought the drugs. One month after taking the drugs, I met with my husband and became pregnant,” she said.

Mrs. Nungu said that she had not giving birth before and fed the baby with baby’s food because her breast had no milk. She begged the officials of NIS to release her and her baby to return home.

Another suspect, Mrs. Mende supported Nungu’s story by adding that she witnessed the delivery of the baby: “I heard her screaming while in the delivery room and later heard the cry of a baby; I rushed in and saw the new born baby who was still covered with blood”.

The baby is currently under the care of the NIS in Calabar.

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