Police arrest 3 suspects who offered N30m for six-month foetus in Niger

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Police arrest 3 suspects who offered N30m for six-month foetus in Niger

A desperate quest for wealth has led to the arrest of three suspects now facing charges of conspiracy and attempted miscarriage for ritual purposes.

Martha Andrew, James Luka, and Johnson John, all residents of Minna, Niger State, were apprehended by operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, on 17 February 2025.

Reports indicate that they attempted to lure a pregnant woman into terminating her pregnancy for ritual purposes in exchange for a staggering N30 million.

According to sources, the trio approached the woman, a resident of Rafin-Yashi, Minna, with an offer to buy her six-month-old foetus for a ritual.

However, the woman had other plans.

Feigning compliance, she played along until she felt threatened, at which point she alerted the police.

Acting swiftly, officers tracked down the suspects and arrested them near a hotel along Eastern Bye-Pass, Minna.

During interrogation, the Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, revealed that the suspects confessed to the crime, admitting they had a buyer—one Gbege, currently at large—who had offered N30 million for the unborn child.

In his statement, Abiodun said: “The suspects conspired among themselves and attempted to take a pregnant victim from the Rafin-Yashi area of Minna to one Gbege, who is presently at large.

“They lured the victim with a promise to pay her thirty million naira to terminate her six-month-old pregnancy for ritual purposes.”

Efforts are ongoing to track down and apprehend Gbege.