SOLD NEWBORNS FOR MILLONS, NURSE CONFESSES DARK BABY TRAFFICKING RING IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL
It started as an ordinary day at a government hospital or so the public believed. But behind closed doors, a nightmare unfolded that would shock a nation.
A video that recently went viral captures a woman claiming to be a nurse breaking down in front of the camera. Her voice shakes as she reveals a horrifying secret: she, along with other hospital staff, participated in swapping and selling newborn babies. In her words, “We swapped a dead baby with a living one. I sold newborns male babies went for ₦4.5M, females for ₦2.5M.”
According to the nurse, some infants who died at birth were quietly replaced with living newborns, who were then sold to eager buyers. Other times, babies born to unmarried or vulnerable mothers were taken without their knowledge, leaving grieving women believing their child had died. She confessed that she became part of this network through colleagues it wasn’t a one-off crime; it was a systematic operation embedded within the hospital itself.
The video immediately sparked outrage. Nigerians across social media expressed horror and disbelief. Hospitals, places where lives are meant to begin safely, had allegedly become frontlines for criminal activity. But amidst the shock came a chilling silence: no government body has confirmed the identity of the nurse, the hospital remains unnamed, and no arrests have been publicly announced.
This dark tale is, tragically, part of a broader pattern in Nigeria. In recent years, authorities have uncovered multiple “baby factories” illegal maternity homes where pregnant girls were detained until they gave birth, after which their newborns were sold. In Ondo State, police rescued five pregnant girls from a baby factory where infants were sold for hundreds of thousands of Naira. In Anambra, a facility posing as a hospital was shut down after teenage girls and infants were rescued. These patterns suggest that the nurse’s confession if true fits within a deeply entrenched problem.
The human cost is staggering. Mothers are robbed of their babies and endure immense psychological trauma. Newborns are stripped of identity and potentially sold multiple times, their lives uprooted before they even take their first breath. And society loses trust in institutions meant to protect the most vulnerable.
Authorities must urgently verify this video, identify those involved, investigate the hospital, and protect both mothers and children. Transparency, accountability, and social support are essential to stop these criminal networks and restore trust in healthcare institutions.
The story is grim, but ignoring it would be far worse. The lives of mothers and newborns hang in the balance, and the world must pay attention.