Men of Ogun State police command have arrested a couple for selling their one month old baby for fifty thousand naira.

According to a statement in Abeokuta by the police spokesperson, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, The suspects, Eze Onyebuchi and his wife Oluchi Eze were arrested on the 16 of December 2021, following an information received by policemen at Ode Remo divisional headquarters, that the couple sold their one month old baby to a woman who is now at large.

Mr Oyeyemi who said the Dpo Ode Remo division, Mr Olayemi Fagbohun, detailed his detectives to the area where the couple were arrested, explained that, it was one Mrs. Ruth Obajimi, who directed the yet to be identified buyer to them, saying that the woman came from human rights office and promised to help them foster their child.

Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, Mr 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 and directed a massive manhunt to apprehend the said woman with the view to recover the baby.

Olajumoke Idowu

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