Police Arraigns 3 Women Over Sale Of Twin Babies And Murder Of Their Mum

The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned three women for an alleged conspiracy, trafficking of newborn twins and subsequent killing of their mother.

This was made known via a statement on Friday by the command’s spokesman Daniel Ndukwe, who noted that the suspects; Ukorie Cynthia (25), Onyia Pauline (56) and Aroh Ijeoma (39) were remanded in the Enugu Maximum Correctional Centre on Friday.

According to the statement the trio were first arrested by operatives of the command attached to the Central Police Station Enugu July 26, 2022, following complaints that the suspects had conspired and sold newborn twins of one 31-year-old Chinenye Odoh.

The statement further noted that the suspects didn’t stop with the selling of the twins, but also murdered the mother of the twins by poisoning her food, after she realised that the suspects gave her an amount lesser than the amount they sold her babies for.

The case has been adjourned to October 5, 2022 for trial.

Meanwhile, in a related development, the Lagos State Police Command on Friday arrested a man, Daniel Chigozie, for allegedly conspiring with two others to sell his three-month-old baby for N400, 000.