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 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.
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