Mother Sells Six-Week-Old Baby For N200,000

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged woman who allegedly sold his six-week-old baby for N200,000.
The Command spokesperson, Bright Edafe, in a video posted on X on Saturday, said the woman lied to the father of the child that the baby had died.
Edafe added that the woman proceeded to sell the baby to a couple with a lie that she was gang-raped by four men and got pregnant in the process.
Edafe wrote, “This was a female suspect we paraded at Ekpan, Delta State. She lied to her boyfriend and father of her six-week-old child that the child had died.
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“She then approached a couple and lied to them that she was ganged rape by four men and she got pregnant. She den sold the child for the sum of #200,000.”
Speaking in the video, the woman who identified herself as Tega, said she decided to sell the child because the father could not take care of the baby.

Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.