Police arrest doctor, parents over alleged sale of newborn in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a aesculapian doctor, a accepted commencement attendant and the parents of a newborn babe implicit the alleged merchantability of the babe for N2.5 cardinal successful Lagos.

Police investigations revealed that the 28-year-old parent and her fellow allegedly decided against keeping the kid aft commencement and began searching for individuals who could facilitate the merchantability of the baby.

The mates was reportedly connected to a prospective purchaser successful the Ikorodu country done intermediaries progressive successful the arrangement.

According to findings, the large pistillate was initially taken to a accepted commencement attendant for transportation earlier complications developed during labour.

The concern reportedly forced her transportation to a backstage infirmary successful Ikorodu, wherever a aesculapian doctor, identified arsenic the main fishy successful the case, carried retired a Caesarean conception that saved some the parent and the newborn.

Investigators alleged that arrangements for the merchantability of the kid were concluded soon aft transportation wrong the infirmary premises.

The babe was subsequently handed implicit to an unidentified purchaser aft the outgo of N2.5 million, portion the suspected purchaser remains astatine large.

The Commissioner of Police successful Lagos State, Fatai Tijani, directed that the ma...