Couple arrested for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby for N50k in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Eze Onyebuchi and his wife Oluchi Eze for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby for the sum of N50k, in Ode Remo area of the state.
It was gathered that the suspects were arrested on December 16, 2021, following a tipoff received by policemen at Ode Remo divisional headquarters, that the couple who live at Ayegbami street Ilara Remo willingly sold their one-month-old baby to a woman who is now at large.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement said, on interrogation, the suspects explained that it was one Mrs. Ruth Obajimi, who directed the yet to be identified buyer to them.
“They stated further that the woman came to them on the 14th of December 2021, and told them that she is from a human rights office and that she will help them to foster their child. The woman then gave them the sum of fifty thousand nairas and they handed over the baby to her despite not knowing her from Adam,” he said.
Abimbola said efforts are in top gear to apprehend the said woman with the view to recover the baby.
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