A 25-year-old woman, identified as Yetunde Gbadebo, has been nabbed by the Ogun State Police Command for attempting to sell her 3-year-old daughter.
According to PUNCH Metro, the incident occurred on July 25, 2024, at Aladiye Street in Sagamu, Ogun State.
A police source at the Command stated that the suspect was caught while negotiating a N700,000 price for the toddler. The buyer, a 38-year-old man, has been identified as Sunday None.
However, following a tip-off by a resident of the street, a team of police detectives from the Sagamu Division stormed the area.
The resident had reported witnessing the duo during the negotiation for the sale of the little girl.
The police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, stated that during interrogation, the mother of the girl, Gbadebo denied the allegation. While the buyer, None, confessed to the crime.
“The woman was about to sell her 3-year-old daughter to another suspect. A resident who saw the two suspects negotiating the price approached our station in Sagamu to report what she saw.
“The Sagamu Police Division detached a team of detectives who stormed the scene and arrested the two suspects. The man has confessed to the crime.
“The case will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department as soon preliminary findings are concluded” Odutola said.
The incident of child selling is on the rise especially in the southern part of the country.
Recall that in January 2024, a similar incident in Anambra State. A 38-year-old woman, identified as Chinyere Chukwu, was arrested in for attempting to sell her two sons, aged 9 and 7.
The suspect allegedly conspired with her eldest daughter, Joy Chukwu, 17, to sell the minors.
But the children were rescued by the Anambra State Women and Social Welfare Commissioner, Ify Obinabo, who posed as a buyer. The Commissioner acted upon receiving a tip-off of the plan by the mother to sell the children.
source: Punch
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