The Ebonyi State Police have apprehended a 20-year-old mother and her lover over the sale of their baby boy to an operator of a maternity home for N500,000.
According to reports, the mother, Ola China, 20, of Amangwu Edda in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi got impregnated out of wedlock by a bricklayer, Jonah Ogbuagu, in August 2021.
Ola reportedly put to bed in April 2022 at Obigbo, Rivers, and went to hibernate at her aunt’s house during the pregnancy.
After putting to bed, she reportedly conspired with her husband and sold the baby.
The police spokesperson in Ebonyi, SP Chris Anyanwu, on Tuesday, revealed that the owner of the maternity home, who’s generally known as “Mummy Abigail’’ was apprehended at Ovima, also in Afikpo North Local Government Area.
“Mummy Abigail runs a maternity home which she uses as a cover for her illicit trade.
“The suspects have been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for necessary actions and prosecution,’’ SP Anyanwu stated.