A mother of two simply identified as Victoria was on Sunday arrested by police operatives attached to Pen Cinema police station in Agege, Lagos, while attempting to use the twin children of one Mrs. Ruth Uche for fraud.
She was arrested by the operatives after she took the four months old babies to the residence of a retired police commissioner at College Road Estate while claiming they were her grandchildren.
The Nation reports that Victoria, was introduced to the babies’ parents by one of their neighbours, adding that she deceived the children’s parents that she wanted them to appear in a movie.
According to reports, father of the children, Emeka Uche initially declined but later agreed on the condition that his wife must go along with the babies.
But instead of taking them for the movie shoot, she took them to a wealthy man’s house who was reportedly happy on seeing the twins.
Trouble ensued when Victoria could not tell the host the actual sex and age of the babies.
The suspect had earlier taken pictures of the twins and sent to the man stating that they were boys and two months old, but when the retired commissioner saw the twins, he realised they were a boy and girl, and looked much older than two months.
At this point, Mrs. Uche who suspected something shady was going on, now disclosed to the man the children’s real age and sex.
According to her, “I did not understand what was going on. I do not even know the place we went to. She has been pleading with us that she wanted to use the twins in a film.
“My husband initially declined the proposal, but he later changed his mind since the woman said she wanted the children to act in a film. I begged my husband and he said he will only agree on the condition that I go with the woman.
“So, around 11:30 am on Sunday, we all left the house and came to Agege. She took us to one big man’s house. I do not know the place and she told me to sit down that it is the kids that will act the film.
“But when I sat down, I heard the man asking her whether the children are two boys and how old they are.
“She said two months and that they are boys. But I told the man that they are a boy and girl, and that they are four months old.
“The man asked whose children and I told him they are my children, that the woman said she wanted to act film with them.
“That was when the man started shouting, saying that she told him that my children are his grandchildren. The man said she has sent their picture before, saying his son impregnated a woman before travelling abroad.
“The man now said that we were in it together and that I knew about it. I told him I do not know anything that the only thing she told us was that she wanted to act film with my babies.
“Before she did not want to talk, but when people threatened her, she told them that I am innocent. The woman told them she wanted to get money from the man. That woman is a criminal,” Mrs. Uche revealed.
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