The Nigeria Immigration Service
(NIS) on September 7, 2013,
Saturday, announced the arrest of
two Cameroonian women, suspected in child
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 NIS 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 herbal 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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