Edo Govt closes Orphanage home, arrests proprietress over alleged adoption scam

Edo State Government has unopen down an Orphanage Home and arrested its relation implicit an alleged adoption scam successful the State.

The sealed Orhanage Home identified arsenic Uwadia Children Home is located successful Afuze, the administrative office of Owan East Local Government Area. It is operated by Mrs Grace Efe Uwadia.

DAILY POST reports that the State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Eugenia Abdallah disclosed this during a sojourn to the Home.

Abdallah said the installation was unopen down pursuing complaints of alleged irregularities successful an adoption process by 1 Mr Monday Akpaduma.

She added that a unit subordinate of the Social Welfare Department successful Owan East Local Government Council, Mr Vincent Ogbodo is declared wanted successful transportation with the incident.

She alleged that the Social Welfare Department unit was the root of the documents for the transaction.

She said the documents suggested a imaginable conspiracy with the amerciable orphanage successful carrying retired the alleged illicit activities.

The Commissioner, who stated that the proprietress of the fac...