An 18-year-old girl, Okike Ezinne, has been apprehended by the police in Enugu for selling her one-year-old baby.
It was gathered that the toddler, named Chisom, was sold for N300,000.
Little Chisom is yet to be recovered from the buyer, who is currently at large.
It was learnt that the said buyer was not known to Ezinne, the mother of the baby.
But two other ladies – Promise Godwin, 20, and Okafor
Gloria, 46 – are also being held by the police for facilitating the sale
of the little girl.
Ezinne, from Ohaaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi
State, in her statement to the police, said she conceived out of wedlock
but decided to keep the child.
However, when it became difficult for Ezinne to take care
of the baby, a friend, Promise, also from
Ebonyi State, asked her to
join her Enugu.
Ezinne said Promise assured her that she and her baby would be well taken care of in Enugu.
But things did not go as expected, according to Ezinne –
on arrival in Enugu, she discovered that her friend was into
prostitution.
Promise reportedly left Ezinne at her apartment in Coal
Camp, Enugu, and relocated to the Four Corners area, where she plied her
trade.
The said Promise equally convinced Ezinne to sell her
baby, and subsequently made arrangements with Gloria, a widow who is
said to be specialised in the selling of babies in Abia State and
environs.
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