Man Sells 6-month- Old Son To Raise Funds For Visa

One Mr Onyekachi  Ekwelum, who allegedly sold his six-month-
old son to raise funds to process his travel documents, would
be appearing before a magistrate in court to defend his action.
Mr Ekwelum allegedly hatched and executed the act without the
consent of the wife, but the lid was blown off by his 20-year-old
spouse Ozioma when she could not find their son and reported
the matter to the police. Her husband had wanted to travel to
Greece.
The Abia State commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Abubakar Tilli,
who disclosed this to newsmen in his office on Monday said the
police  mounted a man hunt that led to the rescue of the child
and the arrest of the suspects.
CP Tilli  warned criminals to stay off the state as there would be
no hiding place for them and said the suspects have been
charged to court.
T he Commissioner  who expresses  concern over spate of child
trafficking said that on March 4 this  year Mr Chidiebere Samuel
of Ovungwu in IsialaNgwa south  Local  government area that his
wife Odinaka Samuel  connived with a nurse  Monica Benjamin
who delivered her baby girl and sold the child at N150, 000.
Describing such acts as inhuman, he said the suspects in the
criminal transaction have been apprehended and charged to an
Umuahia Magistrate court.
In a similar incident in  Amoji Isiala Ngwa north  local
government  the commissioner said that  a man Mr Oluchukwu
Ogidi reported that his wife Kelechi on March 16 connived with
one Dr Williams Oruwa who delivered her baby and sold the
newborn baby boy for N350.He also said  the suspects have
been arrested and charged to court even as he revealed that in
the course of investigation three pregnant women allegedly
harboured by the suspect possibly to have their babies sold
after delivery were discovered.
Source: Leadership