BY CHIDI NKWOPARA, OWERRI.
A mother of three, Mrs. Chinenye Aghandu, of Umuezike, Anara, Isiala Mbano local council area of Imo State, is now cooling her heels in police custody, for allegedly selling her day-old baby boy for N30,000.
The other people arrested for allegedly being active participants in the alleged crime include the owner of a maternity home in Nwaorieubi, Mbaitoli local government area, as well as the couple that purchased the baby.
Vanguard gathered that at the peak of labour, Mrs. Aghandu left her Anara matrimonial home January 29, 2012, and headed for the maternity home where she had planned to deliver her baby.
A villager, who did not want his name in print, told Vanguard that eyebrows were raised when she returned to her family home without her baby.
“When we questioned her about the development, she first claimed that the baby died after delivery and later proffered incoherent answers to the troubling issue”, the villager said.
Continuing, the villager said they forced her to take them to the maternity with a view to retrieving the baby’s corpse for burial, adding that anxiety heightened when she refused to comply with the demand.
“The police was called in and after serious interrogation, Mrs. Aghandu disclosed that out of poverty, she sold her baby for N30,000 and produced what remained of the proceeds”, the villager said.
Vanguard equally gathered from a dependable source at Isiala Mbano Police Division, Umuelemai, that this confession led to the arrest of the proprietor of the maternity home and the couple that bought the baby.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/mother-docked-for-selling-son-for-n30000/
A mother of three, Mrs. Chinenye Aghandu, of Umuezike, Anara, Isiala Mbano local council area of Imo State, is now cooling her heels in police custody, for allegedly selling her day-old baby boy for N30,000.
The other people arrested for allegedly being active participants in the alleged crime include the owner of a maternity home in Nwaorieubi, Mbaitoli local government area, as well as the couple that purchased the baby.
Vanguard gathered that at the peak of labour, Mrs. Aghandu left her Anara matrimonial home January 29, 2012, and headed for the maternity home where she had planned to deliver her baby.
A villager, who did not want his name in print, told Vanguard that eyebrows were raised when she returned to her family home without her baby.
“When we questioned her about the development, she first claimed that the baby died after delivery and later proffered incoherent answers to the troubling issue”, the villager said.
Continuing, the villager said they forced her to take them to the maternity with a view to retrieving the baby’s corpse for burial, adding that anxiety heightened when she refused to comply with the demand.
“The police was called in and after serious interrogation, Mrs. Aghandu disclosed that out of poverty, she sold her baby for N30,000 and produced what remained of the proceeds”, the villager said.
Vanguard equally gathered from a dependable source at Isiala Mbano Police Division, Umuelemai, that this confession led to the arrest of the proprietor of the maternity home and the couple that bought the baby.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/mother-docked-for-selling-son-for-n30000/