Couple sells 4-month-old son, 2 others for N600,000 in Imo

OPERATIVES of Imo State Police Command have arrested a man, Mr. Ugochukwu Nwachukwu, 28, and his 30-year-old wife, Glory, for selling three babies, including their four months old son, for N600,000.
Parading the couple alongside 17 other suspects at the Imo State Police Headquarters, Police Commissioner, Mr. Dazuki Galadanchi, said: “Suspects were arrested by operatives of Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the command at Umuokai Owerri-Nta in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State.
“They lured one Jovita Aloka of Irette in Owerri West Local Government Area to Naze Owerri North Local Government, all in Imo State.

“They tactically dispossesed her of her two children, Adaugo Oliver, aged three years and six months, and Daniel Oliver, aged six months, by selling them to unknown persons.
“They have confessed to the crime and other child trafficking within Imo State and its environs. Operatives are trailing fleeing members of the syndicate.”

He didn’t involve me—Wife
Narrating her role in the said child trafficking, Mrs Nwachukwu said: “I asked my husband where my child was and he told me he had sold him. I was not happy with him.
“He never gave me even one Naira. He is just a four months old baby boy. He is my first child. I am not happy with what my husband did.”
Also, speaking to Vanguard, Mr. Nwachukwu said: “I discussed with my wife before selling the child. I sold the child for N400,000. My reason is that I wanted to join the Army and I did not have money to process it. The bill they gave to me was high. I sold my property after and could not raise the money.
“What I did was to use the remaining money to buy a motorcycle and start fishery business. I was arrested through the person who linked me to my son's buyer. He connected me to another person.
“This second deal that exposed me involved a boy and a girl. They sold them for N400,000 and gave me only N200,000.”