A woman
has been arrested in Imo state for selling her two-month-old baby for food and
money She was paraded by the police at the command where she confessed to her
crimes - The two-month-old
baby has now been recovered from the couple who
bought the child A 20-year-old mother identified as Chioma Fidelis has been
arrested by the police in Imo state for selling her two-month-old child for
half a bag of rice, cement, six chairs and N200,000. The young woman was
arrested alongside her accomplice who sold the baby to a couple desperately in
need of a male child. According to the accomplice identified as Chidimma
Unakalamba, she sold the baby to a couple, Mr and Mrs JonasAnyanwuUnakalamba during an interrogation by the police confessed that she sold the baby to the Anyanwus for N600,000The couple, however, claimed that they bought the child for N700,000 from the suspect who later confessed that she deducted a sum of N137,00 for the baby’s medical bills. She also claimed that she paid N200,000 to the baby’s mother and kept the rest for herself
According our source gathered that
the baby’s mother, who is from Ehime Mbano local government area of the state
had the child out of wedlock
She also claimed that her baby was
suffering from Kwashiokor and that she had no means to take care of the both of
them. The baby Favour Fidelis has been recovered from Mr and Mrs Jonas Anyanw.
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