A woman identified as Chinyere Blessing from Enugu state has been arrested by the Edo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.
The woman was nabbed after she was discovered to be in the habit of using rented kids to beg for money.
Local reports show that the attention of the Edo State Ministry of Women Affairs was on Thursday, drawn to a woman at Ring Road in the centre of Benin City, who is in the habit of using what she claimed to be her children, a set of triplet, to beg for money.
Immediately, she was arrested and brought to the office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, and upon searching her, a total of ₦104,240 was recovered from her.
Upon further investigation by the police of Family Unit, State CID, and after obtaining a full confession from the ring leader, the real mothers of two of the children were found and arrested at their hotel room in Benin City.
They all have confessed to the crime and admitted to this being their fourth trip to Benin for their illicit business.
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