Anambra Police Recover Sold 2 month Old Baby

A two-month old baby girl who was stolen from her mother in the
commercial city of Nnewi, Anambra State, and said to have been sold
for N625,000 by an Enugu based woman, (Names withheld), has been
recovered.

The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ogidi Police Station, Mr.
Hassan Musa, who confirmed the arrest of the buyer and sellers, told
our reporter that the recovered baby was in Police custody while
effort is being intensified to get the mother.

He added that four women, three sellers and a buyer, have been
arrested and are cooling off at the Ogidi Police Station, Idemili
North Local Government Area.

On interrogation the buyer said that she resolved to procure the baby
girl because she needed a female that would look after her when she
would be old.

"I have a male child but I want a female that will look after me when
I become old. The boy will not nurse me more than the girl", she
posited, adding that herhusband was aware of the purchase of the baby
and even told her "to carry on".

The DPO, who expressed satisfaction with the confessional statement of
those arrested disclosed that two of the women that sold the baby
based in Abatete and Onitsha, even as he reiterated the resolve of the
Division to stop all illegal sale of babies in the area.

"We had to move to Enugu to get the baby on arresting the buyer days
after and now we are moving to Nnewi to know how the mother of the
baby will feature", he hinted.

He disclosed that it was on a tip off that the police arrested the
sellers while they were waiting for the buyer to come from Enugu,
Enugu State.
--DailyTimes