3 Arrested for Selling Twins N3m, Kill Mum Afterward
By Alabidun Shuaib Abdulrahman
The Enugu State Police Command has charged three women with conspiracy, trafficking of newborn twins, and killing their mother.
This was stated by the command’s spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement on Friday.
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According to the statement, the suspects, Ukorie Cynthia (25), Onyia Pauline (56), and Aroh Ijeoma (39) were remanded in the Enugu Maximum Correctional Centre on Friday.
The statement said the trio were first apprehended by operatives of the command attached to the Central Police Station Enugu on July 26, 2022, following complaints that the suspects conspired and sold newborn twins of one Chinenye Odoh, 31.
It noted that the suspects didn’t stop with the selling of the twins, but also murdered their mother by poisoning her food after she realised that the suspects gave her an amount lesser than the amount they sold her babies.
According to the statement, the case has been adjourned to October 5, 2022 for trial.
