20-year-old woman, Ola China and her lover, has been arrested by the police for selling their baby to a maternity home operator for N500,000 in Ebonyi State.
According to police sources, Ola, of Amangwu Edda in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi was impregnated by Jonah Ogbuagu, a bricklayer in August 2021.
Ola gave birth to the baby in April 2022 at Obigbo, Rivers, where she had stayed at her aunt’s residence during the pregnancy. After giving birth, she conspired with Ogbuagu and sold the baby.
The state police spokesperson, SP Chris Anyanwu, who confirmed the incident to newsmen said that the maternity homeowner, popularly known as “Mummy Abigail’’ was arrested at Ovima, also in Afikpo North Local Government Area.
SP Anyanwu said, “Mummy Abigail runs a maternity home which she uses as a cover for her illicit trade. The suspects have been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for necessary actions and prosecution”
The PPRO added that police in Ebonyi also arrested a two-man syndicate of child traffickers, who specialize in stealing, abducting, kidnapping, and selling children.
He gave their details as Otuu Chizaram, 24, from Ndukwe Akpoha and Agbi Precious, 20, of Evuma Road both in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi. He said they have all confessed to committing the crime.
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