A Port Harcourt based nurse, Kelechi Okamgba has been arrested for preying on pregnant young ladies, by housing them till delivery and facilitating the sale of their babies. .
The 37-year old Okamgba who is from Obioma-Ngwa in Abia State is said to take a cut of between N70,000 and N80,000 from the sale of the babies.
Her business however came to an end when men of the Rumuolumeni Police Station, stormed her ‘baby factory’.
At the end of the operation, five ladies, including four pregnant girls, were arrested. The pregnant girls were:
Obianuju Nze (22)
Chinemerum Orji (18)
Josephine Chimena (33) and
Chidinma Ndukwe (17). .
Okamgba said: “The women, some of their boyfriends bring them. They (boyfriends) find and negotiate the baby buyer themselves. The buyer(s), at the delivery of the baby, will settle them.
“I, will then give them bill for feeding, accommodation and treatment. That is the reason they are under my care”
One of the pregnant young girls, who gave her name as Gift Festus said: “My boyfriend brought me here. He said if I put to bed, someone will come for the baby who will take care of the baby. My elder sister is aware of the development.”
The suspect who pleaded for leniency, further disclosed that the most recent baby she sold was given out at N350,000.
