How an 18-year-old girl sold her baby for N300,000 in Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three
people, including 18-year-old girl, identified as Ezinne for allegedly selling
her 16-month-old child at the sum of N300,000.
Ezinne hails from Isu Mbaneze in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi state claims that a friend convinced her to sell her daughter, Chisom Rapheal, whom she had out of wedlock. According to a statement issued today, July 27 by the Command:
Ezinne hails from Isu Mbaneze in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi state claims that a friend convinced her to sell her daughter, Chisom Rapheal, whom she had out of wedlock. According to a statement issued today, July 27 by the Command:
"Ezinne
decided to keep it although things were no longer working smoothly for her while
at at home until her bossom friend identified as one Promise Godwin,a 20 year
of Isu Mbaneze Ohazara Local Government Area of Ebonyi state approached her to
come up to Enugu with the child with a promise that somebody was going to take
care of Ezinne and little Chisom Raphael.
"She
later join the friend in Enugu where she secured an accommodation at coal camp
axis but later found out that the friend has abandoned her husband and headed
for commercial sex work at Four corners Junction Enugu with her little baby
probably to make ends meet.
"It
was further revealed that sometime in the month of march 2016, Promise Godwin
having perfected the purchase of little chisom at the rate of three hundred
thousand nairal with 46 year old Gloria Okafor from Uturu but married to now
late Sunday Okafor of Umudi Lokpanta in Abia state whose major
occupation is to get and sell babies to prospective buyers within uturu,
lokanta Abia state and its environs.
"It
was further gathered that following the establishment of the sales
understanding between Ezinne and Promise with Gloria Okafor the dealer in the
trade, little chisom Raphael was taken to limca Bus stop at Okigwe Imo state
along Enugu Portharcourt Express way Okigwe where Chisom was sold to Gloria
Okafor at the rate of Three Hundred Thousand Naira and money given to the
mother of chisom in cash at the expense of her child and they all came back to
Enugu where the money according to Ezinne and Promise was shared as follows;
Two Hundred Thousand Naira to Ezinne the mother of the sold child, fifty
thousand naira to Promise while the remaining fifty thousand Naira went to the
motorcyclist working with Godwin Promise in the Four Corner Brothel where she
is staying.
"Gloria
Okafor having been nabbed revealed how she bought the child from the duo of
Ezinne and Promise but maintained that the child was later handed over to the
buyer that same day and the buyer is now at large and further revealed that
Godwin Promise who is already 8month pregnant and also with a child of one year
and a month baby, has also perfected arrangement to sell off the baby whom she
named Chiadikaobi to a prospective buyer before they were nabbed by the eagle
eyed operatives of the Central Police station of the Nigeria Police Enugu state
command that have laid their dragnets to all corners.
"Suspects
are now helping police in their investigations and begging for forgiveness but
however blamed the situation to act of Satan.
"Meanwhile, the state
commissioner of police Emmanuel Ojukwu has advised youth to know the type of
friend they keep in order to become meaningful to themselves and the entire
society."
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