Shock could best describe the expression on the faces of members of
the press as they listened to the confessional statements made by
50-year-old Oby George, over the role she, and other members of a
baby-for-sale syndicate, played in helping women deliver babies.
Making the confession recently in Lagos, at the state Police Command,
the Port Harcourt-based woman, who had been in the business for over a
year, confessed to having helped women deliver countless number of
children through a very questionable method. This she does after she has been paid between 1.5 Million Naira to 3 Million Naira, depending on the sex and
number of babies her clients requests for.
HER WATERLOO
The bubble, however, bust when a 61-year-old Lagos-based woman,
identified as Cecilia Adesope, who was allegedly delivered of a set of
twins at the Port Harcourt delivery centre, was arrested by the police
in Lagos, when she took the babies to a hospital for inoculation.
Embattled Oby said: “I am now ready to talk, because it seems we are
hiding something here. Cecilia was brought to me by one Mr. and Mrs
Peller. No… she was brought to me by Mrs Okoro, who is now at large. She
has been treating her, and she pleaded with me to help her deliver a
set of twin babies. That all her life she has not had any child of her
own, that she is desperate.
“Mrs Okoro told me that we should use my apartment since her husband
was around and she does not want him to know about this issue. So I
agreed and N1,500,000 was paid into my account for the job. On her due
date, she travelled down to Port Harcourt and we all went to my place. I
gave her some herbs to chew after which she went to the toilet, when
she got out, we asked her to lie down and push with all her might while I
held her hands.
“At a point, we used a razor blade to give her some tear so that
blood will come out and make the whole thing look real. Mrs Okoro then
brought the babies, whom she had arranged from somewhere. That was when
mama heard the cries of babies.”
Mother’s Story:
Asked how she met Mrs Okoro and where the babies were brought from,
Oby told newsmen that she knows Mrs Okoro very well, as both of them
work together in ‘helping women deliver,’ but declined to give any
information on where the babies were brought from.
On her part, Cecilia Adesope, told newsmen that she was brought to
Oby by a woman still at large, believed to be Mrs Okoro, who had told
her Oby would be able to help her. She said she was asked to go to Port
Harcourt for delivery after she paid N1,500,000.
Cecilia said she was given some herbs after which she noticed her
stomach getting bigger and she was convinced she was finally pregnant.
She said: “When I got to Port Harcourt for delivery on the date I was
given, I was given something like a seed to chew. After I did, I felt
like going to the toilet. When I got out of the toilet, I was asked to
lie down and push with all my power.
“After that, I heard cries of babies. I also noticed some blood on my
private part, and was given a pad to use. I did not go to the hospital
during the pregnancy period, because I was instructed not to do so, as
the hospital scan will not see the babies.
“When I returned to Lagos with my set of twins, I decided to take
them to the hospital for inoculation injections. I don’t know what went
wrong, but while we were waiting for the injection, the police came and
arrested me.”
ANOTHER EXPECTANT 'MOTHER'
Also paraded was 43-year-old Joy Ibe, a supposedly pregnant woman, who lives at Ajah area of Lagos.
She told newsmen she has been married for 18 years without any issue,
a dilemma that sent her everywhere seeking for the fruit of the womb,
until she came in contact with Port Harcourt-based Oby Gorge.
Joy told newsmen how she met Oby, and what followed:
“One of my
neighbours visited Nigeria and heard about Oby. After she travelled back
to the Unites States, she sent me Oby’s number and asked me to contact
her if I am interested.
“I called up Oby and told her my problems. She gave me her address to
come and meet her in Port Harcourt. When I got to there and met with
her, she gave me some herbs, which I took and returned to Lagos. After
sometime, I noticed that my stomach started getting bigger, and I
believed I was pregnant.
“I was also asked to come to Port Harcourt when I am due to deliver. I
have not gone to the hospital for scan, because the instruction given
to me was that the scan will not be able to identify the babies in the
womb. I paid her N2,700,000 for triplets.
SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
“The only signs I have as a pregnant woman is my swollen stomach and legs which you can see. I still see my period sometimes.
“On the day I was arrested by the police, Oby had invited me to Port
Harcourt for check-up, so she could ascertain if I am due for delivery. I
went and she checked me. After that she said I was not due, that I have
to wait for a little longer.
“But because it was late for me to travel back to Lagos that very
day, she said I should pass the night at her house. I obliged. That was
when the police came and arrested us. From what I am seeing right now, I
don’t believe that I am pregnant despite my swollen stomach and legs.”
Source: VanguardNews
