Cameroonian woman caught with 3 day-old baby bought for N1.2m

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(Nigeria) A  42 year old Cameroonian lady, Evelyn Atemkeng was on Wednesday arrested  in Calabar, Cross River State with  a three day old baby she allegedly bought for N1.2 million.
Atemkeng accompanied by her 70 year old mother, Anastasia Fambong was said to have bought the baby boy from the matron of a clinic in Delta State, after paying the money into her account.
The Commander of Cross River State Immigration Command, Samuel Ichoi, who ordered the arrest of the woman, told reporters  that his men accosted the lady while boarding a ship to Cameroon and during interrogation, she confessed that she bought the baby.
“The lady came from Cameron to Nigeria on Friday without any sign of pregnancy but this morning (Wednesday) she was found to be carrying a baby and when my men examined her, there are no signs that she just gave birth, so we apprehended her and the baby.”
He further said that the lady, in May last year, she was given some herbs in Okigwe, Abia State, where she “miraculously gave birth to a baby girl, who is now in Cameroon.”
Evelyn Atemkeng, a teacher with North West region of Cameron, said she gave birth to the baby and that the N1.2 million she paid into the account of the Matron was for delivery and herbs she gave to her to aid delivery.
“She (matron) said my breast will start producing milk in three weeks but for now, the baby is taking baby food. I am married and may husband is in Cameroon but there is nobody to take care of me in Cameroon that was why I came to Nigeria to deliver.”
Mrs  Agbor Ogar, the Anti Human Trafficking Officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service at Calabar Port, said  “The woman passed here on Friday, she left on Saturday and returned to Calabar  on Tuesday and was heading back to Cameron with a baby and when we examined her, she does not have any signs of  having given birth recently.”

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