How are women being tricked into believing they are pregnant?
A year-long investigation by the 大象传媒 Africa Eye team has exposed how scammers exploit women struggling with infertility, fuelling the illegal trafficking of babies
"I was hoping that by 9 months I will be a mother, but then they told me that I will carry the baby for at least 1 year and 5 months. So, I did not understand."
A year-long investigation by the 大象传媒's Africa Eye team has exposed how fraudsters in Nigeria are targeting women struggling with infertility with the promise of miracle babies in exchange for hundreds of dollars.
Vulnerable women are tricked into believing they鈥檙e pregnant and told delivery of their baby won鈥檛 happen without payment for an expensive drug. The film discovers a network of deception and exploitation involving the illegal trafficking of babies.
大象传媒 reporter Ebere Ekeopara went undercover to expose one clinic in Anambra state, in southeastern Nigeria. She spoke to Africa Daily鈥檚 Alan Kasujja about the stories of women convinced to carry 鈥減regnancies鈥� for over a year.
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