Police Arrests Couple Over Selling Their One Month Old Baby For ₦50,000

A couple residing at Ilara area of Ode-Remo, in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State have been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command, for selling their one month old baby at the rate of fifty thousand naira (₦50,000).

The suspects, Eze Onyebuchi and his wife Oluchi Eze, as confirmed by the Command spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi were arrested on December 16, 2021, following an information received by policemen at Ode Remo divisional headquarters, that the couple who live at Ayegbami street Ilara Remo willingly sold their one month old baby to a woman who is now at large.

“Upon the information, the DPO Ode-Remo Division, CSP Olayemi Fagbohun, detailed his detectives to the area where the couple were arrested and brought to the station.

“On interrogation, the suspects explained to the police that, it was one Mrs. Ruth Obajimi, who directed the yet to be identified buyer to them.

“They stated further that the woman came to them on December 14, 2021, and told them that she is from human rights office, and that she will help them to foster their child.

“The woman then gave them the sum of fifty thousand naira, ₦50,000 and they handed over the baby to her despite not knowing her from Adam.

“Effort is on top gear to apprehend the said woman with the view to recover the baby”, Oyeyemi said.

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation.

He equally directed a massive manhunt for the buyer who has since took to flight.