18-years-old Girl Sales Her 16 Months Old Baby For N300,000

18 years old Ezinne who hails from Isu Mbaneze in Ohaozara Local
Government Area of Ebonyi state claimed that a friend
convinced her to sell her daughter, Chisom Rapheal,
whom she had out of wedlock when she was arrested by The Enugu State Police Command alongside 2 other
people,

According to a statement issued on, July 27 by the
Command:
“Ezinne decided to keep the child, although things were
no longer working smoothly for her while at home until
her bossom friend identified as one Promise Godwin,a
20 year of Isu Mbaneze Ohazara Local Government
Area of Ebonyi state approached her to come up to
Enugu with the child with a promise that somebody
was going to take care of Ezinne and little Chisom
Raphael.

“She later join the friend in Enugu where she secured

an accommodation at coal camp axis but later found

out that the friend has abandoned her husband and

headed for commercial sex work at Four corners

Junction Enugu with her little baby probably to make

ends meet.

“It was further revealed that sometime in the month of

march 2016, Promise Godwin having perfected the

purchase of little chisom at the rate of three hundred

thousand nairal with 46 year old Gloria Okafor from

Uturu but married to now late Sunday Okafor of Umudi

Lokpanta in Abia state whose major occupation is to

get and sell babies to prospective buyers within uturu,

lokanta Abia state and its environs.

“It was further gathered that following the

establishment of the sales understanding between

Ezinne and Promise with Gloria Okafor the dealer in the

trade, little chisom Raphael was taken to limca Bus

stop at Okigwe Imo state along Enugu Portharcourt

Express way Okigwe where Chisom was sold to Gloria

Okafor at the rate of Three Hundred Thousand Naira

and money given to the mother of chisom in cash at the

expense of her child and they all came back to Enugu

where the money according to Ezinne and Promise was

shared as follows; Two Hundred Thousand Naira to

Ezinne the mother of the sold child, fifty thousand naira

to Promise while the remaining fifty thousand Naira

went to the motorcyclist working with Godwin Promise

in the Four Corner Brothel where she is staying.

“Gloria Okafor having been nabbed revealed how she

bought the child from the duo of Ezinne and Promise

but maintained that the child was later handed over to

the buyer that same day and the buyer is now at large

and further revealed that Godwin Promise who is

already 8month pregnant and also with a child of one

year and a month baby, has also perfected

arrangement to sell off the baby whom she named

Chiadikaobi to a prospective buyer before they were

nabbed by the eagle eyed operatives of the Central

Police station of the Nigeria Police Enugu state

command that have laid their dragnets to all corners.

“Suspects are now helping police in their

investigations and begging for forgiveness but however

blamed the situation to act of Satan.

“Meanwhile, the state commissioner of police

Emmanuel Ojukwu has advised youth to know the type

of friend they keep in order to become meaningful to

themselves and the entire society.”