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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