A Couple has allegedly sold their 2 months old baby for the sum of N300,000 in Edo State.
Edo state police Spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), disclosed this on Friday during a news conference at the state’s police headquarters in Benin,
Police spokesman said: “On May 4, 2020, the Command’s Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, while acting on credible information, arrested a couple, Mr. Joshua Aiworo ‘m’ aged 38 years and Blessing Ogieva ‘f’ aged 25 years, of Afua, Upper Sakponba Road, Benin City for stealing and selling a baby of two months and seven days old to one Felicia Imaguomaruomwan ‘f’ for N300,000.00.
“During the investigation, Mr. Joshua Aiworo and Blessing Ogieva confessed that they gave birth to the baby on February 24, 2020, at Oghosa Clinic, Independent Street, Off Nomayo, Benin City.
“They also confessed that one Joy Samuel, a.k.a. Mama Jennifer, who is based in Italy, linked them up with the buyer, one Felicia Imaguomaruomwan, who corroborated the first and second suspects’ statements that she bought the baby from them because she was unable to bear a child.
“The baby has been taken to Uyiosa Orphanage Home at Oka, Upper Sakponba Road, Benin City for care, while suspects will soon be charged to court.”
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