A nursing mother has been arrested on Monday night, 2 of November in Owerri, Imo State, over an attempt to sell her baby for ₦1.5 million.
According to Imo-based journalist Chidiebube Okeoma, he was contacted by an individual who claimed to have encountered the woman carrying a baby and heard her expressing her intention to sell the child.
Okeoma said he advised the individual to pretend to be interested in purchasing the baby and arranged for them to meet at Rock View, near the Imo State Police Headquarters.
He disclosed that upon arriving at the agreed location, he personally drove the woman and the individual who contacted him to the police station.