27-year-old Ogbonna Chukwudi has been arrested by the Abia state police force for selling his Son for N500, 000.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adamu Ibrahim, confirmed the incident saying, Ogbonna arranged with a nurse, Amarachi Chiamaka, to sell the baby just hours after he was born.
“Luck however, ran out on them when the wife woke up and sought to see her baby. She was told by the husband that the baby was dead and had been buried. An argument began as the wife insisted on seeing the dead baby. The incident was reported to the police by a neighbour who overheard the argument, the man was later arrested alongside the accomplice-nurse.the commissioner said.
He further revealed that investigations were still on to recover the baby.
Owing up to his crime, Ogbonna blamed it on poverty, adding that his friend who sold the son for him short-changed him, saying he was only paid N140,000 out of the N500,000 original price.