Grandmother sells granddaughter for N200,000 in Akwa Ibom
Police in Akwa Ibom have arrested a grandmother, Ekaette Obot, who claimed to be 27 years old over stealing and selling of her granddaughter for N200,000.
Obot, who is pregnant and relies on commercial weeding for a living, has also told the police that she would also sell her unborn child after delivery.
She claimed that she sold her granddaughter to relieve her daughter, Blessing Okon, 18, of burden.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, said in Uyo on Tuesday: “This is the mother to this lady. As soon as her daughter gave birth she sold the child for N200,000. She is pregnant and she is saying that as soon as she puts to bed, she is going to sell her own baby also.”
