Mother sells 14-day-old baby for N20,000

Police in Cross River State said they had arrested a young mother selling her two-week old baby. 

Briefing journalists in Calabar yesterday, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr John Eluu, said that on October 27, the police received information that one Miss Maria Ekanem who was delivered of a baby two weeks ago was negotiating the sale of her baby.
He said that Ekanem allegedly negotiated with one Mrs Sunday Abang, the matron of Sedatoe Maternity Clinic on No 2, Umon Street, Calabar South, for sale of the baby. 
The PPRO added that one Dr Okokon Offiong, who runs Evangel Clinic, was also contacted to sell the baby. He said: “Ekanem went to where she and the buyers had agreed to meet at Inyang by Fuller Street.
On arrival, she was given N20,000 as part payment for the transaction. “On receipt of the information, a team of police detective swung into action leading to the arrest of five suspects, and the recovery the baby boy and a white Toyota RAV4 Jeep with registration No. JP 493 ABC used during the operation.
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