Mother Sold 18-Month-Old Baby To Settle Bank Loan In Ogun State

 

A 33-year-old lady, identified as Olaide Adekunle, has sold her 18-month-old baby to settle a debt in Ogun State.

The mother, who is currently in police custody, allegedly sold the baby for the sum of N600,000 to enable her repay “an embarrassing” bank loan.

The Ogun State police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen on Monday that the woman was arrested following a complaint lodged at Sango Ota police division by the woman’s husband, Nureni Rasaq.

Oyeyemi explained that confessional statement obtained by the police from the suspect indicated that Olaide, while hawking sachet water in Lagos met a man who introduced her to the woman who eventually bought the child from her.

The PPRO, however, disclosed that the acting Commissioner of Police in the state, Babakura Muhammed, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and possible recovery of the baby.