A man, identified as Monday Chukwuka, is in Police custody for allegedly selling his one-day-old grandchild for Seven Hundred Thousand naira (N700,000).
He was arrested after a team of Police operatives attached to the Police Command Monitoring, Oyo State, received a report on July 10, 2023, about the ‘harvesting of a day-old baby girl’ from her teenage mother, identified as Sarah Chukwuka.
The baby was said to have been sold to a criminal cartel that operates a baby factory in Abia State.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, who paraded the suspect at the Command Headquarters on Saturday, explained that the suspect took the baby from his teenage daughter as soon as she delivered, under the pretext of handing her over to someone who would take good care of her.
“The suspect further explained in detail how he moved the day-old baby to Abia State where he sold her to the owner of a baby factory located at Obehi, Okwa West in Abia State for N700,000.
“Investigation was extended to Abia State and in the process of a coordinated raid on the baby factory, a female suspect identified as Popoola Bunmi and four other accomplices, whose names are Chinwedu Peter, Chidinma Blessing, Chuckwu Christopher, and Favour Chukwu, were all apprehended in connection with the criminal activity,” he said.
Chukwuka told the Police that he decided to sell the baby because he could not afford to take care of his teenage daughter and the baby.
According to him, he used the proceeds to rent a shop and buy goods.
The Police recovered a bundle of new birth certificates and some equipment used for baby deliveries from the baby factory.
Similarly, the teenage mother disclosed that her father told her that he wanted to give the baby to someone, who will nurture her for two years and return her to them.
On her part, the suspected buyer, Favor Chukwu, said she bought the baby based on a request from a childless couple.
She stated that she was given N50,000 as her share for the job after handing over the balance of 650,000 nairas to Mr. Monday.
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