Six pregnant teenagers were on Monday arraigned in an Umuahia Magistrate’s Court on two counts of conspiracy to commit felony, buying and selling newly-born babies.
Four of the teenagers -Blessing David, Chikodi Samuel, Mercy Dickson and Miracle Ifeanyi- appeared in court while Goodluck Erondu and Happiness Chinemerem were absent.
The prosecutor, Insp. Agwu Okoronkwo, told the court that the fifth and sixth accused were not in court as they had given birth while in custody.
Okoronkwo applied that the names of the two be deleted from the charge pending the time they would be fit to stand trial.
The teenagers and one Isaac Okwuonu, a medical doctor, now at large, were said to have, between July and September, at Isaac Okwuonu Memorial Hospital, Ogbor Hill, Aba, conspired to commit felony and trade in newly-born babies.
When the charges were read to the accused, they pleaded not guilty.
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