The police in Oyo State have
arrested a 60-year-old woman,
Asabi Adebayo, for allegedly
buying five babies at N5million
from a ‘child dealer’ in Port-
Harcourt, Rivers State. According to Tribune, The
suspect, who said she hailed
from Lagos State, is a U.S
returnee and revealed how she
planned to fly the babies abroad
for sale, but first brought them to an orphanage in Ibadan, Oyo
state capital, to obtain a certified
police report for them before she
was exposed. Parading the
suspected child trafficker, the
babies alongside other suspects on Thursday at the Eleyele Police
Headquarters, the Commissioner
of Police, CP, Leye Oyebade,
said the woman would have
escaped if not for the patriotic
effort of the officials of the orphanage who according to him
reported the matter at the
Iyaganku Police Station.
