Woman Sells Three- Month-Old Grandson For N50,000, Lands In Police Cell, Gives Reasons

By Babatunde Solanke

A woman, identified as Oluchukwu Nwosu, has been apprehended over the weekend by the officials of the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs for allegedly selling her three-month old grandson, saying  that she was forced to take this action as a result of the hardship in the country.

The woman, who hails from Nnewi, Anambra State was said to have sold the baby boy for N50,000.

The woman was brought before the commissioner of Women Affairs, Ify Obinabo, by officials of the the ministry where she confessed of committing the act.

n a video purported to have come from the ministry, the woman wept profusely, saying she was pushed to sell the baby because her daughter has been in the habit of getting pregnant, and leaving her with the children to take care of.

“This is the third time my daughter Ijeoma has conceived out of wedlock. Due to our poor income we’ve had trouble feeding right from the time my daughter gave birth to the first baby.

“We had no other option than to take the kids to motherless babies home, especially when our daughter refused to tell us who was responsible for her pregnancy.

“I came across a buyer, one Tochukwu Asiegbu, who approached me, after bargaining, paid me the agreed sum,” she said.

Obinabo stated in the video that the three-month-old baby had been rescued.

“The mother of the baby, Ijeoma Nwosu, approached us and claimed her mother, forcefully sold her baby soon after he was born and had refused to disclose his whereabouts.

“Following receipt of the allegation, I quickly swung into action to identify and apprehend the perpetrators.

“After barely one month of consistent intelligence surveillance by officials in my ministry, the offenders were caught.

“All those involved in the act had all been nabbed and handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution,” Obinabo said.