‘We sold our five-month-old baby to start business’

http://newtelegraphonline.com/sold-five-month-old-baby-start-business/

Many people were stunned when a 30-year-old father of two, without showing remorse, confessed to have sold his five-month-old son, Chidera, in agreement with his wife, for N500,000. 

The man, Okwuchukwu Ibekwe, said he and his wife, discussed the issue several times before they sold the baby to a lady identified as Chinelo, residing in Anambra State. Ibekwe said:
“It was an agreement between my wife and I. I didn’t just wake up one day and decide to sell our baby. My wife and I decided to sell the baby and used the money we make from it to start a business so as to better our lives. We also planned to have another baby to replace Chidera.
What my wife and I were going through was unbearable. “I used to work as a motor mechanic at Ladipo Auto Market. The building housing my shop was sold by the owner. I had no other source of living. Someone gave me a commercial bus to drive, but after a while, the bus caught fire and got burnt.