Customs officer and wife arrested for buying babies

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An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service and his wife have been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly buying a set of twin babies for N500,000. It was reported that the babies, who were reportedly four days old on that day, had also been recovered by the police from the
Azeez, who is attached to the Nigerian Customs Service, Ogun Area Command, and his wife had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.
A source said Azeez had confessed to the crime in his statement to the police. She said the NCS officer allegedly paid the sum to obtain the babies when his wife did not give birth to a second child after 23 years.
She said:
“The incident happened last Thursday. The police got a tip-off that the couple had gone to Ibadan, Oyo State, to buy twin babies for N500,000. We then moved in on them and discovered it was true.
The twins were just four days old on the day of the arrest. We have not seen the parents yet.
The customs man said in his statement that he and his wife already had a child together but they had tried to have a second child for 23 years and so they decided to purchase the twins. The suspect told the police that he paid N500, 000 for the babies. The babies had been with the police until Friday, when they were transferred to Abeokuta.
The suspects were taken to the anti-kidnapping section of the SCID. It is possible that the parents of the babies connived with the suspects because they have refused to show up since the day of the arrest. But the babies are doing very fine.”

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