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A man arrested for selling his three children for N1.5m
The Rivers State Police Command of Nigeria has arrested one ThankGod Ekwueme for selling his three children.
The suspect, whose wife is deaf and dumb, sold his first child, a 5-year-old, for N700,000 (GHS 10,314.97), his second child, a 3-year-old, for N350,000 (GHS 5,120.48) and a day-old baby for N500,000 (7,314.97).
The spokesperson of the command, SP, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, July 13, 2023, said the suspect was arrested after credible information on his illegal activity.
In an interview with journalists, Ekwueme said he was intercepted by OSPAC in his community of Omerelu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state, when he was about to sell his newborn baby.
The suspect disclosed that he was handed over to the Elele Police Division, from where he was transferred to the CP Monitoring Unit.
Meanwhile, the mother-in-law of Mr. Ekwueme explained to newsmen that before now, the suspect had been lying to her that her grandchildren died after childbearing.
She said the suspect, Ekwueme, was taking advantage of her daughter (his wife), who is deaf and dumb, to perpetrate the act of selling the wife’s children upon delivery.
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