The police in Bayelsa State say they have apprehended a woman for selling her three-month-old baby.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr. Asinim Butswat, said in a statement on Wednesday that the suspect, Oyikepreye Enoch, sold a baby girl to one Esther Tony, 30.
Though the police spokesman did not indicate the motive behind the sale of the infant, he, however, said the 28-year-old suspect, who was the mother of the baby, sold her for N300,000.
Butswat said the suspect (Enoch) was already undergoing interrogation at the Akenfa Police Station in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
He said, “Detectives from the Akenfa Police Station, Yenagoa, have arrested one Oyikepreye Enoch, female, 28 years, for allegedly selling a three-month-old baby girl to one Esther Tony, female, 30.
“The suspect sold the baby, who is her child, for N300,000. Enoch and Tony are undergoing interrogation at the Akenfa Police Station, Yenagoa.”
He added that investigation was ongoing to ascertain the motive behind the criminality
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