A couple in Ebonyi state have sold their baby for N500,000 to meet their financial needs.
For the crime, police in the state arrested the 20-year old woman and her lover.
According to sources, the woman, simply identified as Ola China, of Amangwu Edda in Afikpo North Local Government Area was impregnated out of wedlock by Jonah Ogbuagu, a bricklayer in August 2021.
Ola gave birth to the baby in April 2022 at Obigbo, Rivers, where she went to hibernate at her aunt’s residence during the pregnancy.
After giving birth, she conspired with Ogbuagu and sold the baby.
Police spokesman in Ebonyi, SP Chris Anyanwu, stated on Tuesday in Abakaliki that the maternity home owner, popularly known as “Mummy Abigail’’ was arrested at Ovima, also in Afikpo North Local Government Area.
“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,’’ SP Anyanwu stated.