A couple, Chinonso Anyanwu and
Oluebube Anyawu, have allegedly sold their three-day-old son for N300,000.
A source told Punch correspondent
that the couple had had three daughters before they got the male child.
“We were surprised that a family
with such history could behave this way by selling their only son,” the source
stated.
Punch correspondent gathered that
the couple who hails from Imo State sold the baby to one Sandra Odimege of
Umuezike, Amorka, in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The Police Public Relations Officer
in the state, Mohammed Haruna, confirmed the story to Punch correspondent.
He said the couple was apprehended
following intelligence report.
He said, “The Command arrested a man
and his wife for selling their three-day-old baby boy at the rate of N300,000.
“Following intelligence report,
Police detectives attached to Area Command, Ihiala arrested one Chinonso
Anyanwu, aged 32 years and Oluebube Anyawu, aged 20 years of lbiasiegbe
village, Imo State.
“Suspects conspired and sold their
biological son, a baby boy of three days old at a rate of N300,000 to one
Sandra Odimege of Umuezike, Amorka in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State.
“The three suspects have been
arrested and the baby recovered in good condition.”
He said the suspects would be
charged to court after investigation.
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