Women Fake Pregnancies with Steroids, Ex-NAPTIP DG Claims

Juli Okah-Donli, the former Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), made allegations during an interview on the KAA Truth podcast that women in Nigeria are faking pregnancies using steroids. She stated that these women inject steroids to create a bloated appearance, mimicking the physical signs of pregnancy.

Okah-Donli claimed that women often simulate morning sickness and other pregnancy symptoms, particularly in the presence of their husbands. She alleged that these women arrange for childbirth in locations away from their husbands, presenting babies upon their return, which are sometimes not biologically related to them.

Okah-Donli noted that paternity tests often reveal discrepancies, indicating that many children are not biologically related to the presumed fathers. She further claimed that some women even undergo fake surgical procedures to appear as if they have delivered via caesarean section.

Okah-Donli served as the Director General of NAPTIP, appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2017.