Prime
suspect in the case of three missing girls from Takoradi, Ghana, Samuel
Udoetuk, has revealed that the females were sold for N1.8m each in Nigeria.
Udoetuk, according
to Bureau of National Investigations sources, confessed that the girls were
sold to an operator of a baby factory at Onitsha in Anambra State.
He further
admitted to carrying out the act together with two other suspects, John Oji and
Chika Nnodim, who have also been arrested in relation to the crime.
Priscilla
Bentum was the first to have been kidnapped and reportedly transported to
Nigeria in December by John and Chika, while Priscilla Kuranchie and Ruth
Quayson were sent in January through the Aflao border.
The victims
were heavily sedated when they were being transported to Nigeria to avoid the
risk of them raising the alarm.
After
receiving information, the BNI reportedly followed up on it and confirmed the
existence of a baby factory ring in Onitsha where young girls are sold off to
kingpins for the purpose of making babies for adoption by rich families in
Nigeria and elsewhere.
Investigations
into the disappearance of the three girls are still ongoing with a forensic
team from the Ghana Police Service expected to arrive in Takoradi to collect
DNA samples from their families, to enable the team carry out the necessary
tests on the body parts found in the uncompleted residence of Udoetuk in
Takoradi believed to be the remains of four people suspected to have been
killed by him.