Native Doctor Nabbed For Allegedly Selling Newborn Baby

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) said it captured a 38 year old cultivator, Chigozie John Emmanuel, A.K.A 'Akuchi', for purportedly offering neonate.

This was reported in an announcement by the Head, Press and Public Relations of NAPTIP, Mr Josiah Emerole, in Abuja on Sunday.

Emerole clarified that the speculated trafficker sold the new conceived infant to a lady whom he guaranteed to make pregnant through deep sense of being.

He said that Emmanuel, who hailed from Enugu State, possessed Akuchi Herbal Concept at New Nyanya, Abuja.

He was captured following quite a while of reconnaissance by officers of the office and those of the Department of State administrations.

As indicated by him, Emanuel has been beforehand captured by the Nigeria Police, when a lady was gotten with a child in Abuja enroute Minna.

The representative said that the cultivator told his casualty he had made her pregnant and forewarned her not to go to the clinic for any therapeutic treatment or risk natal care.

He said that in view of the casualty's portrayal, when it was the ideal opportunity for her 'conveyance', Emmanuel guided her to Port-Harcourt where a child was given over to her.

Emerole uncovered that the lady admitted to have paid the speculated trafficker N650,000 for the infant.

He noticed that the suspect, who was captured at the end of the week, was presently under scrutiny for asserted kid trafficking and would be summoned when examination was finished up.

The representative revealed the Director-General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, as complimenting the officers for their meticulous observation which finished in the capture.

"She additionally cautioned the general population, particularly ladies, to quit disparaging such 'cultivators', as the offer of infants is a wrongdoing deserving of law.

"I am encouraging couples who wish to embrace a tyke to experience ordinary methodology adequate by law.

"I am emphasizing the commitmen of the office to handle tyke trafficking in Nigeria.

"I am engaging for more data from the overall population about any such demonstration or 'illicit maternity homes' in their neighborhood where these unwholesome exercises occur" she said.