A woman in Cross River state has been arrested
by the police after her daughter reported her for
selling her baby or N253,000(about $1,600)
Miss Ndidi Nkwegu, alleged that her mother sold
her baby daughter to a child trafficker, who has
also been nabbed, in the neighbouring Ebonyi
state, after she sold the baby at a bigger price to
another ‘baby business tycoon’ based in Abuja.
“When I came back home and asked my mother
for the whereabouts of my daughter, she couldn’t
tell me anything reasonable.
“I discovered that she had bought so many things
which she never had before; actually, my mother
was never happy with me when she discovered
that I was pregnant, prior to my giving birth to
my baby girl.
“I had to call the police; my mother is now in
police detention in Cross River State.
“After interrogation, the police discovered that
she was the one who sold my baby to a woman
who is a child trafficker,” she told newsmen.
The case blew open after the the Ebonyi State
command of the Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested four persons
allegedly engaged in child trafficking.
They were paraded Friday.
Mrs Ego Echendu, the Commandant of NSCDC in
Ebonyi, told a news conference at the NSCDC
Headquarters in Abakaliki, said that the suspects
were arrested on Thursday in Izzi Local
Government Area of Ebonyi.
“Yesterday we were able to arrest some suspects
we have been trailing and monitoring for about
one month now; they are involved in child
trafficking,” he said.
”The Traffic Unit of the Command foiled the
suspects’ plot to convey their victims out of the
state. However, other suspects are still at large
but as soon as the command completes its
investigation, the case would be transferred to
the agency responsible for such matters,’’ she
said.
Echendu said that one of the traffickers was a
dealer in the child trafficking business while the
other suspect was a buyer.
“We had to strike yesterday following the
information that reached us.
“The buyer was about to move to Abuja to sell the
baby to another set of people for a higher
amount; the information we got was that the
baby was bought at the cost of N253, 500.
“We are tiding up our file. As this is not one of
our core mandates, we are going to transfer the
case to the agency saddled with such
responsibility,” she said.
Echendu said that the suspects had confessed to
the crime, adding that they also divulged
information on some of their accomplices.
“The dealer is Blessing Nwilo, a teacher in Sharon
Secondary School, Abakaliki, but she hails from
Enugu; the buyer is Ngboro Chikezie from
Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi.
“She claims to be an Area Officer with the
Ministry of Education in Ebonyi,” she said.
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