Investigations are underway to ascertain whether or not Mrs. Lucia Ngwe Mbungson, incarcerated at the Buea Central Prison awaiting trial, is the biological mother of a two-week-old baby. The lady, who happens to be Principal in the Government Bilingual High School Nkambe, in the North West Region of Cameroon, was recently nabbed in Buea for alleged child trafficking. Her arrest in a local hospital in Buea, resulted from a tip off by a concerned Cameroonian who alerted the police on the issue and following instructions from the Buea Legal Department, she was arrested.
The baby in question after medical examination was transferred to an orphanage in Mile 14, in the outskirts of Buea for proper care while the supposed mother was detained at the Buea Central Police Station and later transferred to the Central Prison. Police sources hinted Cameroon Tribune that the lady in question has never been pregnant according to medical examinations. However, Lucia Ngwe is reported to have told the police that she delivered her baby in a hospital in Nigeria but was unable to name the hospital. She further told police investigators that she delivered in a native doctor's clinic.
Contacted by Cameroon Tribune, the Counsel for Mrs. Lucia Ngwe, Barrister Stephen Njilla, said it is not proper to talk to the press on issues still under investigation and expected to be handled by the judiciary. Barrister Njilla, however, told CT that his client has been in detention for quite some time and nobody has shown up to claim ownership of the child, stating that the fundamental rule holds that he who alleges must prove. He confirmed that his client travelled to Nigeria and delivered and travelled back to Cameroon with a baby passing through the borders which the Barrister says are not porous for her to have travelled with the baby unperturbed by what he described as reliable emigration officers. The matter is due to appear in court as investigations continue to unravel the truth.
