A married coupleAnyanwu and Ugorji, have allegedly sold their first child on credit to a man in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to...
A married coupleAnyanwu and Ugorji, have allegedly sold their first child on credit to a man in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
According to report, the couple had allegedly stolen a child on August 28 from his parents in Umuozu-Uguiri in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Andrew Enwerem, during a parade on Wednesday, said that the couple kidnapped and sold the child (Nwachukwu) for N500,000 to one Ifeanyinwa Duru.
Ifeanyinwa was said to have resold the boy to one Mrs Chidinma Emmanuel, for N700,000.
The police spokesperson, who described the development as worrisome, said the couple, Duru and Emmanuel were nabbed in Aba, Abia State, adding that the child was rescued unhurt.
The couple said that they had earlier sold their first child to an unnamed person in Port Harcourt for N200,000, on credit.
A police source said that operatives of the command were already closing in on the buyer and would soon arrest him and rescue the child.
It was learnt that 18-year-old Ugorji was already pregnant with another child.
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