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NIGER: Baby Trafficking Scandal

NIGER: Baby Trafficking Scandal The opposition claims charges against them are politically motivated. The Agriculture Minister , Abdou Labo, was remanded in custody on August 24th in a politically charged probe into suspected baby trafficking from neighbouring Nigeria , aides said. One of the wives of parliamentary speaker Hama Amadou , the main rival of President Mahamadou Issoufou , is among the 17 people including 12 women being held in the case since the end of June. Abdou Labo “was taken to Niamey's Say prison after he was heard by a judge who remanded him in custody”, one of the Minister's aides told AFP . All suspects have been charged with substituting children, forgery and making false statements. Labo is suspected of “complicity” in the trafficking of babies between Nigeria, where they were conceived, Benin and Niger. The babies are allegedly sold for thousands of dollars each. However, at the end of July Hama Amadou told Radio France Internationale (RFI) : “In this alleged child trafficking case no evidence has been provided to prove it. This case is political.” But Justice Minister Marou Amadou warned that “closing our eyes would have been political.” “We will crack down on any shameful trafficking, whoever http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2014.05847.x
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The opposition claims charges against them are politically motivated. The Agriculture Minister , Abdou Labo, was remanded in custody on August 24th in a politically charged probe into suspected baby trafficking from neighbouring Nigeria , aides said. One of the wives of parliamentary speaker Hama Amadou , the main rival of President Mahamadou Issoufou , is among the 17 people including 12 women being held in the case since the end of June. Abdou Labo “was taken to Niamey's Say prison after he was heard by a judge who remanded him in custody”, one of the Minister's aides told AFP . All suspects have been charged with substituting children, forgery and making false statements. Labo is suspected of “complicity” in the trafficking of babies between Nigeria, where they were conceived, Benin and Niger. The babies are allegedly sold for thousands of dollars each. However, at the end of July Hama Amadou told Radio France Internationale (RFI) : “In this alleged child trafficking case no evidence has been provided to prove it. This case is political.” But Justice Minister Marou Amadou warned that “closing our eyes would have been political.” “We will crack down on any shameful trafficking, whoever

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 2014

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