By John Ugo, Awka
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two suspects for selling a nine year old baby girl at Four Hundred Thousand Naira.
The two suspects, Nosa Iyere (62 years) and Juliet Agbonifo (45 years) were paraded at the State command’s headquarters in Benin the state capital.
It was learnt that Nosa Iyere had sold the nine days-old-baby girl at N400,000 to Juliet Agbonifo (45years) at Ogida town in Benin City.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the State Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who paraded the suspects said the 62 years old Iyere (a retired nurse) who operates a maternity clinic with the name Uyiosa Maternity, had sold the the baby to Agboifo (a petty trader) at the cost of #400,000.
Nwabuzor said, “the Command in an attempt to fight crime and criminality and make peace and tranquility reign in Edo State has made some achievements, which is the recovery of a nine days-old-baby stolen and sold by two suspects.”
“The Divisional Police Officer of the Ogida Command acting on a credible information that a certain woman,by name Juliet Agboifo,45, was about to procure a child at the Teachers House, Ogida moved to the scene, arrested the woman who led detective to the seller, Wilfred Nosa Iyere.”
He said that the suspects would be charged to court soon.
Explaining his involvement, Iyare said he operates a maternity clinic and had a lady who was delivered of a baby girl in the facility.
“We have a lady who delivered in our facility by name Prosper Peter and said she doesn’t need the baby and they linked up with one of my nurses and they sold the baby to the woman at the cost of 400,000. I have been calling the mother,who said she was coming but I have not seen her.”
Also, the buyer ,Mrs Juliet Agbonifo said, she bought the baby at the cost of 400,000 and also paid for the discharge of the baby #20,000.
“I bought the baby from Nosa for 400,000 and paid for the discharge of the baby for 20,000, I have only one son, so I wanted to buy the girl to make it two.”