Customs officer, wife arrested for buying twin babies

An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service and his wife have been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly buying a set of twin babies for N500,000 in the Sango Ota area of the state.

Our correspondent learnt that the officer, identified only as Azeez, and his wife were arrested by the Sango Police .

PUNCH Metro learnt that the babies, who were reportedly four days old on that day, had also been recovered by the police from the couple.

A police source told our correspondent that Azeez, who was said to be attached to the NCS, Ogun Area Command, and his wife had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

The source added that Azeez had confessed to the crime in his statement to the police. She said the NCS officer allegedly paid the sum to obtain the babies when his wife did not give birth to a second child after 23 years.

She said, “The incident happened last Thursday. The police got a tip-off that the couple had gone to Ibadan, Oyo State, to buy twin babies for N500,000. We then moved in on them and discovered it was true.

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