The Police in Ebonyi State have arrested a 20-year-old mother and her lover for selling their baby boy to a maternity home operator for N500,000.<\/p>\n
The mother, Ola China, 20, of Amangwu Edda in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi was impregnated out of wedlock by Jonah Ogbuagu, a bricklayer in August 2021.<\/p>\n
Ola gave birth to the baby in April 2022 at Obigbo, Rivers, where she went to hibernate at her aunt\u2019s residence during the pregnancy.<\/p>\n
After giving birth, she conspired with Ogbuagu and sold the baby.<\/p>\n
The police spokesman in Ebonyi, SP Chris Anyanwu, on Tuesday said the maternity homeowner, popularly known as \u201cMummy Abigail\u2019\u2019 was arrested at Ovima, also in Afikpo North Local Government Area.<\/p>\n
\u201cMummy Abigail runs a maternity home which she uses as a cover for her illicit trade.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspects have been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for necessary actions and prosecution,\u2019\u2019 SP Anyanwu stated.<\/p>\n
He added that police in Ebonyi also arrested a two-man syndicate of child traffickers, who specialise in stealing, abducting, kidnapping and selling children.<\/p>\n
Anyawu gave their details as Otuu Chizaram, 24, from Ndukwe Akpoha and Agbi Precious, 20, of Evuma Road both in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach of them confessed to the crime of stealing a baby,\u2019\u2019 Anyanwu added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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