Child Trafficking: Teenage mom sells two-day-old baby for N670,000
A 17-year old teenage mother has been arrested in Abia state for trafficking her child.
Police say the young lady identified as Gift Daniel, who allegedly sold her two-day-old baby boy for N670,000, was arrested alongside three others.
Daniel told newsmen she sold her child due to financial difficulties. She also revealed that her first child, a boy, was sold by her own mother after delivery, hence her resolve to personally sell the second baby.
“My mother sent me away from the house, when I became pregnant for the second baby and because of the financial difficulties, I started looking for somebody to help me,” she said.
Daniel said that she was given N50,000 by the woman who oversaw the execution of the deal, one 38-year-old Ngozi Nwaiwu, while the nurse, Kate Charles, who helped her during her delivery, got N30,000.
Nwaiwu, however, said she was trying to help Daniel, considering her plight.
The state Commissioner of Police, Anthony Ogbizi, said the suspects were arrested by police operatives at Osisioma Aba after a tip off, while efforts are being made to arrest the buyer, Mrs. Maria and possibly recover the baby.
