An 18-year-old girl, Okike Ezinne, has been apprehended by the police in Enugu for selling her one-year-old baby.
It was gathered that the toddler, named Chisom, was sold for N300,000.
Little Chisom is yet to be recovered from the buyer, who is currently at large.
It was learnt that the said buyer was not known to Ezinne, the mother of the baby.
But two other ladies – Promise Godwin, 20, and Okafor Gloria, 46 – are also being held by the police for facilitating the sale of the little girl.
Ezinne, from Ohaaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, in her statement to the police, said she conceived out of wedlock but decided to keep the child.
However, when it became difficult for Ezinne to take care of the baby, a friend, Promise, also from Ebonyi State, asked her to join her Enugu.
Ezinne said Promise assured her that she and her baby would be well taken care of in Enugu.
But things did not go as expected, according to Ezinne – on arrival in Enugu, she discovered that her friend was into prostitution.
Promise reportedly left Ezinne at her apartment in Coal Camp, Enugu, and relocated to the Four Corners area, where she plied her trade.
The said Promise equally convinced Ezinne to sell her baby, and subsequently made arrangements with Gloria, a widow who is said to be specialised in the selling of babies in Abia State and environs.
