yemisi adegoke. _ falling for this. yemisi adegoke, thank - falling for this.bbc africa eye investigation, nigeria's miracle baby scammers, on bbc iplayer if you're in the uk or on the bbc africa youtube channel. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's return to our lead story, with nearly 200 flood warnings across the uk in the aftermath of storm bert. let'sjoin across the uk in the aftermath of storm bert. let's join our correspondent in tenbury wells in worcestershire where people really seemed to get taken by surprise with what happened at there, steve?— surprise with what happened at there, steve? yes, the clean-up is really starting here. _ there, steve? yes, the clean-up is really starting here. it's - is really starting here. it's been a miserable 20 hours or so. the hardware store behind me is pushing out all the silt from inside. you can see here on the road all of the mud that came in yesterday. they are clearing it up now but behind me is the remains of what was the wall holding back the water from the broke and the water was so

yemisi adegoke, bbc news, southeastern nigeria.yemisi adegoke, who nowjoins us live from abuja. good to see you. i think a lot of people seeing the story for the first time will still be puzzled by it.— the first time will still be uzzledb it. ., , , ., puzzled by it. carry us to some basics? what makes _ puzzled by it. carry us to some basics? what makes these - puzzled by it. carry us to some - basics? what makes these women think they are pregnant and have delivered a baby? i think they are pregnant and have delivered a baby? i think it is really _ have delivered a baby? i think it is really important - have delivered a baby? i think it is really important to - it is really important to understand a lot of the women who fall for this scam have been trying to have children for many years. they are introduced to it by women who gone through this treatment and have successfully come out the other end with children. when the meat these doctors they are given medication that makes their bodies change, their stomachs well so they appe

yemisi adegoke. we're on a raid. police have been trying to kick them in, but they haven't been able to just yet. it's a really sort of maze of a house. lots of different rooms, lots of different compartments. the authorities say they're worried some of these brothels could be fuelling a lucrative fertility scam that's taking hold. it's called cryptic pregnancy. the term is a recognised medical condition, but its use has been hijacked by sophisticated fraudsters in parts of nigeria, in a scam that preys on desperate couples struggling with fertility and supports an underground trade in newborn babies. a woman is convinced that if she visits a cryptic nurse or a doctor, she's going to get an injection, a tablet or a solution that she will drink. and after she goes home, she sleeps with her husband, she's going to get pregnant. my colleagues have spent months investigating this. the scammers convince women they're pregnant and only they can deliver the baby. incredibly, they claim the woman could be pregnant for years,