The couple were allegedly working with a woman identified as Mary, also known as Bridget, in the suspected baby-selling scheme.
A lawyer, Barrister Solomon Igbiaye, and his wife, Abigail Igbiaye, have been arrested in Warri, Delta State, over the alleged sale of a newborn baby three years after the child’s mother was reportedly told that the baby had died.
SaharaReporters gathered that the couple were arrested and taken to the Ekpan Police Station on Wednesday after the mother lodged a complaint upon discovering that the child she was told had died in 2023 was allegedly still alive.
The couple were allegedly working with a woman identified as Mary, also known as Bridget, in the suspected baby-selling scheme.
According to a source familiar with the case, Abigail became pregnant in 2023 after returning to her village in Jos, Plateau State, but was allegedly abandoned by the man who fathered the pregnancy.
