The Ebonyi State Police Command has apprehended a man identified as Mr. Chukwuma Onwe, a resident of Nwezenyi Ibeagu in Izzi Local Government Area, on allegations of selling his baby-born-during-appendicitis-emergency/” title=”From Appendicitis Emergency to Unexpected Joy: Woman Rushed to Hospital Delivers Surprise …!”>newborn baby, just five days old, for the sum of N1.5 million.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Joshua Ukandu, who spoke to LEADERSHIP on Saturday, the infant was successfully retrieved from the purchaser, Mrs. Chinyere Ugochukwu.
SP Ukandu revealed that both the father and the buyer were detained on Friday in the Azugwu neighborhood of Abakaliki Local Government Area.
“Mr. Chukwuma Onwe, originally from Nwezenyi-Igbeagu in Izzi LGA, sold his five-day-old son for N1.5 million to Mrs. Chinyere Ugochukwu,” the PPRO stated.
“Onwe is currently under police custody,” he confirmed.
He further explained that Onwe had taken the infant from his wife, Mrs. Philomena Iroko, under the pretense of seeking medical treatment, only to sell the child to the buyer.
“He deceived his wife by claiming he handed the baby over to his sister for care,” SP Ukandu added.
The police are continuing their investigation into the case, and the baby has since been returned to the biological mother.
