A man has allegedly packaged his 3yr old son inside a rice bag and placed him for sale.
According to the post, when the man was caught with the suspicious content by the police, he confessed he has 8 children, and that he wants to sell one to feed others.
“He has been arrested and is cooling off at a police station”
Also, the operatives of Abia State Police Command in Umuahia, arrested a 22 year old woman, Blessing Chukwu, for selling her child, the woman claimed to have sold her daughter to raise money to train her siblings.
She revealed that she has four children, and revealed that she has no husband to cater for them.
She said she was given N190,000, out of the N360, 000 that was paid for the illegal adoption of her baby, while the rest was used to settle her hospital bills.
The police operatives also arrested one Dr Kelechi Omende and his wife, Euphemia, who allegedly facilitated the illegal adoption of the baby in their hospital.
Euphemia said, “One of the women that adopted the baby came with her file from the welfare saying l should inform her whenever there is a baby for adoption.
“When our patients complained that she could not take care of her baby, I called the welfare office to get someone to come and adopt the baby.”
Native Reporters