Couple caught selling their child and two other children Eight Hundred Thousand Naira ₦800k
Ugochukwu Nwachukwu, 28, and his wife Glory, 30, have reportedly been arrested for selling three different babies, including their own 4 months old baby, for N800,000 in Imo State.
According to vanguard news, the state Commissioner of Police, Dazuki Galadanchi, while parading the, said: “The suspects were arrested on 20/07/2018 at Umuokai Owerri -Nta.
They conspired and lured one Jovita Aloka, after which they collected her two children and sold them , Adaugo Oliver, 3, and Daniel Oliver 6 months. *
However, the couple to be guilty, they also revealed it’s not the first time, they are also involved in child trafficking within Imo state. *
According to Glory, “I asked my husband where my child was and he told me he had sold him. I was not happy with him. He never gave me even one naira. He is my first child. I am not happy with what he did.” .
However, Ugochukwu said: “I discussed with my wife before selling the child. I sold him for N400,000. My reason was that I wanted to join the Army and I did not have money to process it. *
The bill they gave to me was high and I went to the point of selling my properties after that I could not make it. What I did was to use the remaining money to buy a motorcycle and start fishery business. .
I was arrested through the person who linked me to selling my son. He connected me to another person. This second one is a boy and a girl and they sold them N400,000. They gave me only N200,000. It is this second business that exposed me.”
