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       Police bust baby selling gang
       By: sparrow Date: November 2, 2018, 6:01 pm
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       - A woman who specialises in baby selling has been arrested
       - She is a 52 year-old woman, Chief Lilian Nma Achumba, who runs
       a charity home in Aba, Abia state
       - 35 pregnant girls and six children and a day old baby were
       found in her charity home
       Police said they have bust a gang which specialises in baby
       selling for as much as N700,000 each to willing buyers, even
       across the border in Benin Republic.
       Chief Superintendent of police, Aremu Adeniran, who is the
       deputy force public relations officer unveiled the three-person
       gang in Abuja on Friday, November 2.
       Chief Lilian Nma Achumba, runs a charity home in Aba where
       babies are harvested for sale. She leads the baby selling gang.
       Credit: NAN
       The gang’s kingpin is a 52 year-old woman, Chief Lilian Nma
       Achumba, who runs a charity home in Aba, Abia state.
       A police investigating team was stunned when it found 35
       pregnant girls and six children and a day old baby at the Nma
       Charity and Rehabilitation Centre,Umunkpeyi, Isiala Ngwa South
       Local Government in Abia.
       The team was led there by two of the suspects, initially
       arrested at the Idi-Iroko border in Ogun state on 20 July. They
       were caught with two newly-born babies, meant for smuggling for
       sale in Benin Republic.
       Upon interrogation, the two suspects, 44 year old Emmanuel
       Chigozie Elesuwa and 33 year-old Chioma David, a woman confessed
       they bought the babies at N350,000 each at Nma Charity home and
       they were taking them to Benin to sell at N700,000 each.
       According to Adeniran, investigation into the case by the
       Anti-Human Trafficking and Women/Children Protection Unit of the
       Force revealed that the suspects arrested are notorious
       criminals that deal in buying and selling of babies and children
       within and outside Nigeria.
       “Consequently, the suspects, Emmanuel Chigozie Elesuwa and
       Chioma David, admitted and confessed to the Police investigation
       team that they are members of a criminal gang that specialize in
       buying and selling of new born babies and children within and
       outside Nigeria and have been in operation for over ten years.
       Emmanuel Chigozie Elesuwa and Chioma David: the other suspects
       arrested at Idi-Iroko with two babies. Credit: NAN
       “During interrogation and further investigation into the roles
       played by Chief Lilian Nma Achumba , the owner of Nma Charity
       Home in Aba, Abia State indicted in the confession of the two
       suspects, it was discovered that the purpose of establishing the
       Orphanage Home is to harvest babies for sale and she also
       operate other branches of the orphanage home in Port-harcourt
       and some other parts of the Country”.
       The police spokesman said 28 of the 36 pregnant girls or women
       and three children found at the Nma charity home, have been
       handed over to the Ministry of Strategy and Social Development,
       Umuahia, Abia State and all have since been re-united with their
       families after receiving medical attention.
       “The Principal suspect Chief Lilian Nma Achumba has admitted and
       confessed to her criminal roles in the case,” Adeniran said.
       Achumba also revealed she has other branches of the orphanage in
       Port-harcourt and some other parts of the country.
       The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris on assumption of
       Office on the 22nd June, 2016 expanded the Anti-Human
       Trafficking and Women/Children Protection Unit of the Force
       under the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation
       Department (FCIID).
       The Anti-Human Trafficking and Women/Children Protection Unit of
       the Force in compliance with the directives and their expanded
       mandate have been working in synergy with relevant agencies of
       Government in the fight against the trafficking of persons and
       abuse of rights and privileges of women and children.
       Police said investigation is being intensified to uncover other
       illegal orphanage branches being operated by Achumba , to rescue
       victims and arrest other members of the syndicate still at
       large.
       have voluntarily returned from Libya to Nigeria with the
       assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
       and the European Union (EU).
       Segun Afolayan, Chief Planning Officer, National Emergency
       Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the development to the News
       Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, October 31, in Lagos.
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