Woman jailed for trying to smuggle babies from Nigeria to the United Kingdom (PICTURED)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Baby smuggler" class="attachment-thumbnail-single-image wp-post-image" height="300" src="http://ynaija.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Baby-smuggler.jpg" width="320" /></span></div> <div class="entry"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><em><br /></em>A 51-year-old woman, Ijeoma Udechukwu, has been jailed for trying to smuggle two babies into the United Kingdom.<br />The sentencing was carried out on Monday, 18 August, at Isleworth Crown Court. The woman, who is from Kennington, south-east London, was sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended for two years, 180 hours unpaid work.<br />Udechukwu was apprehended after going to the British embassy in Lagos, to present two completed applications for the youngsters which she falsely claimed were hers.<br />The embassy carried out a DNA test on her, which revealed she was not the biological mother of either infant and the applications were refused.<br />Udechukwu proceeded to return to the UK leaving the babies in the care of family and friends.<br />On 4 September, 2012 officers from what was Operation Paladin visited Udechukwa’s address in Kennington, where they found false Nigerian adoption papers which stated that the children had been found<br /><a href="" name="more"></a>abandoned in the street.<br />She reportedly refused to answer any questions about the fact she had lied to staff at the British High Commission by claiming she had given birth to them; and also refused to confirm how she came into possession of the babies, where she got them from, or where their biological mother was.<br />Detective constable Tony Foran, from the Metropolitan Police’s Sexual Exploitation team, said: “Adoption laws and procedures are in place in every country to protect the welfare and lives of vulnerable children and young people.<br />“The conviction of Udechukwu underpins the value of joint working and the commitment of all those agencies involved to safeguard children.”</span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /><br />Read More: <a href="http://kevindjakpor.blogspot.com/2014/08/woman-jailed-for-trying-to-smuggle.html#ixzz3Ay1428Bw" style="text-decoration: none;">http://kevindjakpor.blogspot.com/2014/08/woman-jailed-for-trying-to-smuggle.html#ixzz3Ay1428Bw</a><br />Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=cqsi12R0Gr46eFacwqm_6l&u=kevindjakpor" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@kevindjakpor on Twitter</a> | <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=cqsi12R0Gr46eFacwqm_6l&u=KevinDjakporBlog" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">KevinDjakporBlog on Facebook</a></span></div>

Woman jailed for trying to smuggle babies from Nigeria to the United Kingdom (PICTURED)

A 51-year-old woman, Ijeoma Udechukwu, has been jailed for trying to smuggle two babies into the United Kingdom. The sentencing was carr...

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