‘I sell babies from N1.5m to N3m depending on the sex
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 is been
paid between N1,500,000 to N3,000,000,
depending on the sex and number of babies her
clients requests for.
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.
Oby
“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 paying
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.”
I think I’m pregnant
Information made available to members of the
press by the Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide,
revealed that it took a while for Cecelia to be
convinced that she did not actually deliver the
babies, going by the supposedly pregnancy period
and delivery experience she had.
It was also gathered that the babies have been
taken to one of the orphanage homes in Lagos.
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 is been
paid between N1,500,000 to N3,000,000,
depending on the sex and number of babies her
clients requests for.
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.
Oby
“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 paying
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.”
I think I’m pregnant
Information made available to members of the
press by the Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide,
revealed that it took a while for Cecelia to be
convinced that she did not actually deliver the
babies, going by the supposedly pregnancy period
and delivery experience she had.
It was also gathered that the babies have been
taken to one of the orphanage homes in Lagos.
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