Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- The police in Niger State have arrested three suspects allegedly trying to buy a six-month-old foetus for ritual purposes.

The police said the suspects offered a pregnant woman N30 million for her foetus.

The suspects, Martha Andrew, James Luka, and Johnson John, all residents of Minna, were arrested by operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) on 17 February.

According to police reports, the pregnant woman, a resident of Rafin-Yashi, Minna, alerted the police about the strange proposal.

Officers promptly tracked the suspects and arrested them near a hotel along Eastern Bye-Pass in Minna.

The police spokesperson in the state, Wasiu Abiodun, said the suspects under interrogation revealed that...