The Police Command in Abia State has arrested a prophetess identified as Amarachi Chinedu for allegedly selling a one-day-old baby in Aba.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Anthony Ogbizi, disclosed that the prophetess was arrested on Thursday alongside two others for their alleged involvement in the deal.
Ogbizi also stated that the suspect was arrested with the 17-year-old mother of the baby, Chinanu Monday, and the man who allegedly impregnated her, Promise Lazarus.
However, Chinanu told newsmen in an interview that she delivered the baby in the home of the prophetess and after the delivery, “They took the baby away and sold him.”
She said, ‘’I was not involved in the deal as I was not given any money and did not know the buyer and whereabouts of my baby.
“When I was pregnant, Lazarus took me to the woman and she took delivery of the baby in her home.
“After the baby was delivered, they took him away and sold him,”
Lazarus and the prophetess, however, denied the allegation and described the girl’s story as untrue.
Lazarus said, ‘’I met the girl in March, She told me in April that she was pregnant and I told her that I would come to her parents for introduction with drinks and kola nuts.
“Surprisingly, while I was making plans to visit her parents, policemen came to my house and arrested me, accusing me of child trafficking,”
The CP added that the prophetess denied the allegation, saying that the girl was never pregnant and could not have given birth to a baby.
‘’We are still investigating the matter and the suspects will be charged to court,’’ he said.
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