A fake nurse, Uju Okonkwo, 43, and Ezurum Joseph, a fake lawyer claimed to be graduates of the Nnamdi Azikwe University (NAU), Anambra State, in 2011 with registration number 39017.
They were arrested in Asaba, Delta State, for selling a 3-month-old baby to a Lagos-based businessman for 500,000 Naira.
Joseph provided the hideouts where Okonkwo was using to harbour her victims and stood as her solicitor.
On arrest, he confessed to have dropped out of school.
Three victims of human trafficking; Chinyere Ude, 19, Happiness Igwe, 20, and Esther Frank, 17, who were in advanced stages of pregnancy, were rescued from the traffickers' den. .
The young ladies girls revealed that they were brought to the hideout by Okonkwo, a widow, who claimed to have worked at Chinonso Hospital, Nkpor, Anambra State, for the purpose of selling their babies after delivery.
The state Commissioner of Police, Zanna Ibrahim, said the suspects were helping in the investigations
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