One Mr Onyekachi Ekwelum, who allegedly sold his six-
month-old son to raise funds to process his travel
documents, would be appearing before a magistrate in
court to defend his action.
Mr Ekwelum allegedly hatched and executed the act
without the consent of the wife, but the lid was blown off
by his 20-year-old spouse Ozioma when she could not find
their son and reported the matter to the police. Her
husband had wanted to travel to Greece.
The Abia State commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Abubakar
Tilli, who disclosed this to newsmen in his office on Monday
said the police mounted a man hunt that led to the rescue
of the child and the arrest of the suspects.
CP Tilli warned criminals to stay off the state as there
would be no hiding place for them and said the suspects
have been charged to court.
T he Commissioner who expresses concern over spate of
child trafficking said that on March 4 this year Mr
Chidiebere Samuel of Ovungwu in IsialaNgwa south Local
government area that his wife Odinaka Samuel connived
with a nurse Monica Benjamin who delivered her baby girl
and sold the child at N150, 000.
Describing such acts as inhuman, he said the suspects in
the criminal transaction have been apprehended and
charged to an Umuahia Magistrate court.
In a similar incident in Amoji Isiala Ngwa north local
government the commissioner said that a man Mr
Oluchukwu Ogidi reported that his wife Kelechi on March
16 connived with one Dr Williams Oruwa who delivered her
baby and sold the newborn baby boy for N350.He also
said the suspects have been arrested and charged to
court even as he revealed that in the course of
investigation three pregnant women allegedly harboured
by the suspect possibly to have their babies sold after
delivery were discovered.
Source: Leadership

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