I sold my baby for N2500k because I couldn’t train him - Arrested father confesses

macfranc007 November 10, 2017 Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian newspapers 24/7 David Oladele

- Kinsley Eze, a 23-year-old man, has disclosed why he sold his five months old baby boy for N250,000

- Eze explained that he sold the baby due to lack of money to raise and train him

- Anthony Ogbizi, the state commissioner of police, confirmed the arrest of the suspect

Kinsley Eze, a 23-year-old man, has explained that he sold his five months old baby boy for N250,000 because of poverty.

Punch reports that Eze made the confession while in the custody of the police in Umuahia, Abia state.

NAIJ.com gathered that the man said he had agreed with his girlfriend to sell the baby before luck ran out on them.

The suspects. Photo credit: Punch

According to him, “I am a mechanic. I was arrested for child trafficking. The baby is mine; my fiancee gave birth to him.

We decided to sell the baby because I wasn’t making enough money to take care of him and the mother.”

It was learnt that the police in the state also arrested another child trafficking suspect, Chinkata Chikezie, who reportedly sold his five-year-old son for an undisclosed amount.

A police source said the wife of the suspect, one Glory, discovered on October 16, 2017, when she woke up that her baby was missing and the door to their room was open.

The source added that the complainant had raised the alarm and attracted the attention of her neighbours who searched for the missing boy.

He noted that when the villagers sighted her husband (Chikezie) returning home that morning, they handed him over to the police for questioning.

The source said: ''During interrogation, Chikezie confessed that he sold his son in connivance with one Kelechi John and Chikezie Ubabuike.

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‘’Police operatives attached to the division swung into action, arrested the other suspects, and recovered the child.”

Anthony Ogbizi, the commissioner of police in the state, confirmed the arrest of the suspects.

Ogbizi said they would be charged to court as soon as the command concluded investigation into the cases.

According to him, “Child trafficking is a serious crime against children, which is forbidden by our laws. As law enforcement agents, our duty is to investigate any case reported to us and unmask those behind the crime.”

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the police paraded some suspected criminal elements said to specialize in kidnapping, armed robbery and car snatching.

The different gangs paraded by the police reportedly operate in the Abuja-Kaduna, Abuja-Minna-Bida, Birnin Gwari-Funtua and Abuja-Lokoja highways.

If any police officer misbehaves with you, call any of these numbers - on NAIJ.com TV: