Police in Imo State have arrested a nurse, Ngozi Eboson, for allegedly selling two children to a 55 years old Mrs. Chinyere Ohanyere, popularly known as Madam Chichi.
A police source told our correspondent on Monday that operatives of the state command swooped on the nurse at the Owerri West area of the state.
The nurse was said to have bought the children from two women, Nkechi and Chikaodi, and sold to Madam Chichi for N500,000 each, who had claimed she was delivered of the babies.
“A nurse, Mrs. Ngozi Eboson, has been arrested by the police and has confessed buying two children from two women, Nkechi and Chikaodi, and selling to Madam Chichi for N500,000 each.
Ohanyere, a native of Oguta Local Government Area of the state, allegedly pretended to have given birth to the twins on September 3 at Irete in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state.
“She was arrested at new Owerri in Owerri West”, the source stated.
The source added that the children had been taken to an orphanage for proper care, when Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Michael Abattam, confirmed the incident.
