A widow identified as Ogechi Chukwuocha, has disclosed that her yearning for a male child led her into buying a 10-month-old baby for N650,000 in Imo State.
Chukwuocha made the disclosure at the state police headquarters in Owerri, when she was paraded with others and the baby handed over to the parent of the child, Mrs Udoka Peters.
Others paraded alongside the widow include, Calister Igwe and Chimezie Okafor, who were involved in the deal.
Speaking, the widow said she bought the baby because, “my husband is dead and I do not have a male child. I do not know that the child was stolen.”
Claiming that her action was a mistake, Chukwuocha said, “I bought the child for N650,000. My husband is dead and I do not have a male child. That is why I want the child. I did not know that the child was stolen.”
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Andrew Enwerem, said that the child was recovered at Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.
Enwerem said, “The child was abducted on June 15 and recovered on June 20. We got a report from the mother of the baby, Udoka Peter, that her child, a 10 months old baby, was missing.
“She said she gave her child to one Mrs. Favour Nwokem, to collect something inside her room and before she came out, Favour had disappeared with her child. Immediately, the Command swung into action and arrested three of them, while one Mrs. Favour Nwokem is still at large.”
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