Kingsley Ubani, 26, from Abia, admitted to selling his three-year-old son to raise money to bury his father.He said this on Thursday in Umuahia when the Abia State Police Command paraded two child trafficking suspects and 19 pregnant teenagers.
He said that he sold his three years and eight months old son in November 2012 at the rate of N260, 000 to a woman who is currently nowhere to be found.
“I told my wife that I don’t have money to bury my father who was in the mortuary at that time and she approved of the transaction,” He said.
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Usman Tilli, told newsmen that the suspect was arrested following a tip-off.
He said that investigations led to the recovery of the child who has been handed over to the grandfather for care and protection and also said that the police had also arrested another suspect, Chimere Sunday for selling his two children.
He said that upon investigation, one of the children was recovered, adding that the buyers were on police wanted list.
He said that the 19 pregnant teenagers who were also paraded, were rescued from an illegal charity home in Umuahia North local government area of the state.
“A team of policemen from the command raided the home during which the pregnant girls between the ages of 15 and 23, including a nursing mother, were rescued,” he said.
Source: NAN
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