Police Arrest Man For Selling A Day Old Grand Child For N700,000 in Oyo

One Mr. Monday Chukwuka has confessed to jour­nalists how he suc­cessfully sold his one-day-old granddaughter for N700,000 following his arrest by police.

Oyo State Commissioner of Police, CP. Adebola Hamzat, in his maiden media briefing in his office at the State Police Command Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, on Saturday confirmed the development.

Hamzat noted that the suspect was arrested in his hideout in Ibafo area of Ogun State, following credible intel­ligence report.

Hamzat said: “On July 10, 2023, an actionable intelli­gence report was received by a team of Police Operatives attached to the Command Monitoring Oyo State about the ‘harvesting of a day-old baby girl’’ from her teenage mother identified as Sarah Chukwuka, in Oyo town and sale of the girl-child to a crimi­nal cartel that operates a baby factory in Abia State.”

The CP further stated that upon intelligence led inter­view, Monday, the biological father of the teenage girl who gave birth to the day-old baby girl confessed to the crime and explained in detail how he took the baby from her mother (his biological daugh­ter) as soon as she gave birth under the pretext of handing over the baby to someone who would take good care of her.

“The suspect further ex­plained in details, how he moved the day old baby to Abia State where he sold her to the owner of a baby factory located at Obehi, Okwa West in Abia State at the rate of sum of N700,000.

“Investigation activity was extended to Abia State and in the process of a coordinated raid on the baby factory, a female suspect identified as Popoola Bunmi and four oth­er accomplices whose names are Chinwedu Peter, Chidin­ma Blessing, Chukwu Chris­topher, and Favour Chukwu were all apprehended in con­nection with the criminal activity.