I Got Pregnant After Taking The Drug A Herbalist Gave Me - Female Lawyer Confesses

A lawyer from Cameroon, Mrs Ngala Norgu Julia, has been arrested by

men of the Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Immigration

Service, NIS, for allegedly being in possession of a one- week -old

baby girl which she claimed she was delivered of by a herbalist at

Okitiputa, Ondo State.



Mr Samuel Igochi, the Comptroller of Immigration, Cross River State

Command, said Ngala was arrested by the Intelligence and Investigation

Team of the Service at the Calabar port while trying to smuggle the

baby to Cameroon.



"She claimed a herbalist in Okitikpupa, Ondo State gave her some herbs

which she took in November 2012 after which she got pregnant and

delivered the baby but there are no signs in her that she actually

delivered that baby", Ogochi said.



According to him, a team was constituted to examine her but, after due

examination, there were no signs that she actually delivered the baby.

"Since the 1st of September 2013 which she gave as the date for her

delivery, her breasts were not able to produce milk as is always the

case with every birth which is quite unusual", the NIS boss stated.



"She then said she paid the sum of N1.5 million to the woman who

delivered her of the baby . Why such a whooping sum for just delivery

which is not by Caesarean process?".

He said the child would be handed over to the National Agency Against

Trafficking in Persons, NATIP, for upkeep till the determination of

the case since the NIS is not a baby factory.

"Taking care of such a baby is very expensive and time demanding and

since the Nigerian Immigration Service is not equipped to handle such

responsibility, we will hand over the child like the one we had two

weeks ago to NAPTIP in Uyo"



Ngala, who was accompanied by another Cameroonian lady, Mrs Mende

Cecila Fru, said she heard about the Okitipupa clinic assisting women

to deliver children supernaturally and so she had to borrow money and

came to Nigeria to consult the woman and she was given herbal medicine

which she took and and got pregant.



"When I heard that the woman was helping women without children to

deliver babies, I borrowed money here and there and came to Nigeria

and she gave me herbal medicine and when I went back I met my partner

and I became pregnant".