{"id":97018,"date":"2021-10-23T04:44:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T03:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=97018"},"modified":"2021-10-23T04:44:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T03:44:13","slug":"woman-reveals-why-she-sold-her-baby-for-150000-naira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/23\/woman-reveals-why-she-sold-her-baby-for-150000-naira\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman reveals why she sold her baby for 150,000 naira"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 23-year-old, Miss Mercy Okon who was arrested for selling her 3-month-old baby for 150,000 naira has revealed the reason behind her reason.<\/p>\n<p>The mother of three said she sold her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/22\/video-bayelsa-landlord-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-tenants-3-month-old-baby-during-fight-ia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">baby<\/a> for 150,000 naira because she needed the money to pay her house rent and offset other bills.<\/p>\n<p>According to Vanguard, Mercy said it was out of poverty and desperation that she did what she did in a bid to help herself.<\/p>\n<p>Mercy alleged that the father of the child left her when she was six months <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/29\/pregnant-woman-her-son-others-killed-as-suspected-fulani-herdsmen-attack-benue-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pregnant<\/a> and she has two other children that she left with her mother since she just gave birth and can no longer continue with her food business.<\/p>\n<p>She said:\u201d I have never done this before, my baby that I sold for 150,000 naira was to be able to raise money for house rents and sort myself out as it concerns other bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d The father of the baby left us when I was six months pregnant, I had no choice as things were really hard for me, so I had to give out the baby, but initially the person who linked me up told me that, his brother wanted to marry me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d It was from there that I was offered 150,000 which I collected before handing over my three months old baby to them and in the process, police got involved and I was arrested,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that efforts were being made to arrest other members of the group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 23-year-old, Miss Mercy Okon who was arrested for selling her 3-month-old baby for 150,000 naira has revealed the reason behind her reason. 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