A mother of five kids, Mrs Ijeoma Okafor, resident in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has reportedly sold three out of her five kids. The 39-year old woman had been on the trail of the police after she sold two of her kids and was eventually arrested after she sold the third one.

Police sources at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos said she confessed to selling two of her kids at the Mammy Market, Navy Town before the third one. She was arrested and charged to Yaba Magistrate’s court with child trafficking and trade.

Ijeoma was charged along with her other accomplices, Nkechi Eke, 37, and Benjamin Uche, 40, who facilitated the deal.
They are remanded at Ikoyi Prison, Lagos, after they were arraigned before the court. We gathered that their activities were exposed when Ijeoma, who delivered a child 12 months ago, contacted them that she wanted to sell the boy.

They arranged with a buyer at a Mammy Market in Navy Town where they had earlier sold the last two kids.
They were arrested and handed over to the police in the area. The matter was later transferred to SCID. They were charged to court where they pleaded not guilty.

The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. M.O. Taniwola granted them bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
The matter was adjourned till 21 June, 2012, while they were remanded in prison custody at Ikoyi, Lagos pending when they will meet their bail conditions.

http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/top-stories/169757-ijeoma-okafor-lagos-mother-sells-her-children-to-survive.html

After I read this article: https://www.nairaland.com/961605/chinese-couple-sells-all-three, I knew it will soon be coming home. My shock now is that it is already home!

Sold to who?
Why does it seem like they are not interested in finding out the people that bought the kids, huh?

Na wao .

She's Igbo and it makes the frontpage. SMH.

Well thats the situation we found ourselves.. She sold future president/armed robber to survive. Crazy things!

Hw much by d way?

afam4eva: She's Igbo and it makes the frontpage. SMH.

its not abt her tribe.. Its abt the topic. I bet it woulda make homepage if it other tribes..
U knw such topics derive traffic 4 seun

Whom to blame in this act 2 scene 3 drama

Wonders they say, shall never end

Make una live d woman jare,as she no get moni nko..who wan giv them...abeg sell the remaining children..make u hammer...

afam4eva: She's Igbo and it makes the frontpage. SMH.

SMH for you, if it was boko haram you would not mind because it is about the north.

I wonder how many Igbo crime related topics get to the front page or even Nairaland

She needs psychiatric evaluation. The judiciary supposed to know that.

Igbo's love for money. Kai.

How could a normal human being sell her children? Na wao, wonders shall never end

I trust my yoruba mothers,a youba woman would rather toil to cater to those kids and die in the process than selling them for even a billion dollars! Iya ni wura!

I've head terrible stories about that mammy market.

Olalekan 0: I trust my yoruba mothers,a youba woman would rather toil to cater to those kids and die in the process than selling them for even a billion dollars! Iya ni wura!

Dude,pls dont turn it into a tribal thing abeg,wat does yoruba ve to do wif it now....smh

afam4eva: She's Igbo and it makes the frontpage. SMH.

may Amadioha destroy ur evil soul,you are visionless

What a foolish mother!ion blame her sha bt the leaders that are making life confusing and hard for their citizens,bt even as dat how cud a mother have such a wicked heart?and the police are nt even concerned on how to locate doz who bought the first n 2nd child...what a country n a world we are leaving in.

mallorca:
may Amadioha destroy ur evil soul,you are visionless

Do i know you from somewhere? You sound retarded to say the least. Oya SCRAM.

I just can't stop shaking my head as I am typing this post. Does this woman qualify to be called a human, imagine breeding children like dog and after delivery going to look for the buyer after having sold the other two.
I guess why she didn't sell the other two would be because they didn't match the age requirement of the buyers.
She doesn't see the children as human, rather as money fetching livestocks. Some people and love for money sha.
I think the other children should be taken from her, they are better off in orphanages before she finds some ritualist or other people that have use for them.

abeg who be d father of those kids were she born,abi na she dey fucck herself put belle.

ifyalways: Sold to who?
Why does it seem like they are not interested in finding out the people that bought the kids, huh?

Na wao .

I wonder too o! How come the buyers were not mentioned at all?

that woman must be insane! why are children always victims of an adult's misfortune? she would have sold herself and allow the kids to stay. imagine! mammy market for dat matter! as if its pepper and tomatoes she sold! nothing wey pesin no go hear for naija!! smh!

Nigerians tend to find cheap and dubious solutions in every thing. Even if means selling their mama,just to get that cash,they will.

And the people that bought them could just be using them for money making rituals that never works or by miracle themed pastors,like tb joshua to supp.en pregnant.

that woman need help she's mentaly unstable.

redsun: Nigerians tend to find cheap and dubious solutions in every thing. Even if means selling their mama,just to get that cash,they will.

And the people that bought them could just be using them for money making rituals that never works or by miracle themed pastors,like tb joshua to supp.en pregnant.

Pls don't put this on Nigerians. Human beings were brought up differently and circumstances in life can make anyone go into anything bad. It's unfortunate that only people who run around naked are termed mad whereas people like this woman belong to that category. When people's brains are fried, they can do just abolut anything. Just thanks your stars that your parents made sure you turned out well.

declem: Make una live d woman jare,as she no get moni nko..who wan giv them...abeg sell the remaining children..make u hammer...

Are you not heartless? I'm sure that ur parents made a mistake for not selling you.

Aru e meela na obodo.

she has actually lost her senses and forgoten wat it takes to be a mother .she ought to av sold herslf to feed her children radar dan goin d oda way,cos dat is wat a real modar does.

Question 4 u pls, aboki way hate moni. Is it good to kill them for moni or better still allow them to die out of starvation. Remember that they sold Joseph of the old(in the Bible) and he became Govonor in forien land. Maybe God want send them where they will make better meaning out of their lives. Dont forget man most eat to survive

yemmight: Igbo's love for money. Kai.

never judge pple base on dir tribe. Any body can do any evil or gud tin.

alj harem:

SMH for you, if it was boko haram you would not mind because it is about the north.

I wonder how many Igbo crime related topics get to the front page or even Nairaland

a small proportion. NL cannot cope with their crimes.