{"id":168589,"date":"2022-03-28T12:50:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=168589"},"modified":"2022-03-28T17:40:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:40:11","slug":"nigerian-arrested-in-philippines-with-9-month-old-baby-sold-by-mother-to-pay-gambling-debts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/28\/nigerian-arrested-in-philippines-with-9-month-old-baby-sold-by-mother-to-pay-gambling-debts\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian arrested in Philippines with 9-month-old baby sold by mother to pay gambling debts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian man, Ifeanyi Okoro and three other women have been arrested by the police for being in possession of a baby sold off by its mother to pay her gambling debts in The Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Filipino Times, the mother of the girl had allegedly sold her nine-month-old baby so she could pay her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/10\/kenyan-policeman-kills-self-after-directing-colleagues-to-settle-his-debts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debts<\/a> incurred during \u201ce-sabong\u201d or online cock\u00adfighting.<\/p>\n<p>Okoro alongside three Filipino women \u2013 Imelda Malibiran, Kristine Joyce Esdrelon and Rose\u00admarie Guti\u00ader\u00adrez \u2013 reportedly bought the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/18\/kano-hisbah-arrest-couple-while-trying-to-sell-baby-for-n900000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">baby<\/a> from her at P45,000 (N500,000 at black market exchange rate).<\/p>\n<p>However, having a change of mind, the 22-year-old mother of the baby sought the help of the NBI in getting the child back.<\/p>\n<p>A complaint was filed by the country\u2019s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) after the rescue of the baby girl last Tuesday, March 22, in Calamba City, Laguna.<\/p>\n<p>Okoro and Malibiran were arrested by the NBI during the rescue operation. Esdrelon and Guti\u00ader\u00adrez remain at large.<\/p>\n<p>The respondents were charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/14\/hanifas-killer-makes-u-turn-denies-kidnapping-and-killing-the-5-year-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kidnapping<\/a>, child abuse, exploitation\/discrimination for other purposes; and trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>They were tracked down by the NBI\u2019S Anti\u00adhuman Trafficking Division (NBIAHTRAD) after which the officers recovered the baby from Okoro and his girlfriend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian man, Ifeanyi Okoro and three other women have been arrested by the police for being in possession of a baby sold off by its mother to pay her gambling debts in The Philippines. 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