A Niger State magistrate court sitting in Minna, the state capital, has sentenced one Isah Aliyu to five years imprisonment for intending to sell his 9-year-old child for N10m.
The 30-year-old man attributed his action to poverty.
The incident occurred on November 15 when the buyer, one Mallam Magaji, agreed to buy the child for N7 million.
But the buyer promised to pay half of the money and balance at a later date. The father of the child was said to have refused because of his desperation to collect the N7 million at once.
After the negotiation, the father agreed to the half payment but, instead of bringing the money, the buyer headed for the police station to report the deal.
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The police then followed Magaji to the meeting place and arrested Aliyu who was still waiting for the money so that he could hand over his son. Aliyu was charged to court under the clause prohibiting selling of child in the Niger State Child’s Right Act.
Aliyu pleaded guilty and was summarily sentenced to five years imprisonment by Chief Magistrate Hassan Mohammed.
When asked why he intended to sell his son, the convict said, “The poverty in the country is biting and things are difficult for me and my family. I felt since the boy was under my custody and he is my son, I could sell him and use the money to cater for the rest of the family.”
The Chief Magistrate described his reason as inhuman, adding that poverty was not a strong reason for the father to sell his son.
He sentenced Aliyu to five years imprisonment without option of fine.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/man-jailed-five-years-selling-child-n10m/

Where Governor Aliyu is claiming to have the interest of the North at heart see what poverty is doing with his kinsmen

studio14: Where Governor Aliyu is claiming to have the interest of the North at heart see what poverty is doing with his kinsmen

wanna politicize the issue abi?

A Niger State magistrate court
sitting in Minna, the state
capital, has sentenced one
Isah Aliyu to five years
imprisonment for intending to
sell his 9-year-old child for
N10m.
The 30-year-old man
attributed his action to
poverty.

i wan pity the man before but when i saw the ages, pity no gree me do!

A 30year old single man in this nation of ours is still struggling with his life with little or no success. Let alone a man of 21years starting a family.