An 18-year old mother, Ms Blessing John, has been arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Niger state, for selling her two weeks old baby girl for the sum of fifty thousand naira.

The baby was allegedly sold to Mrs Chikodili Jude, who has been childless for almost three decades.

The police’s public relations officer; Richard Oguche confirmed the development to Channels Television in Minna, the state capital where he explained that “Ms Blessing John transferred the ownership of the two weeks old baby girl to Mrs Chikodili Jude after collecting a part payment of twenty thousand naira.”

According to the police boss “Ms John was impregnated by one Sunday in Kwetere gwari area of Minna but he absconded after she informed him of the pregnancy, so Ms blessing was forced to approach Mrs Jude who had been married for twenty-seven years without a child to buy the baby as she cannot cater for her.”

He further stated that before paying the money, Mrs Jude forced her-the young mother- to sign an undertaking to release the baby to her after which she paid the first instalment of twenty thousand naira.

However the neighbours who suspected a foul play informed the police who after weeks of investigations arrested the suspects who confessed to committing the crime.