We See Grown Up Child for N1million,While New Born For N250,000-N500,000

   

The Special Anti Robbery Squad SARS of the Delta State Police Command arrested a group of suspected child Traffickers,who engaged in selling children.the Operative recovered over 5 children that have been sold by the syndicate that Operates across Delta,Cross Rivers ,Rivers,and other states of the Federation.


“We sold babies between 1-5 years of age to those who have been married for several years without children. Some of us are nurses and supportive members of staff of health institutions. We do not know how the police got wind of our illicit businesses while we were operating in Asaba and Onitsha. In most cases, a child costs N250,000 to N500,000 while grown-up ones are sold for N1m.”The suspect revealed to Journalist.
The Suspect took the Operatives to Akwa Ibom were two children were rescued and two suspected gang member were arrested.

In defence one of the suspect Patience Okon said, “Since their mothers cannot take care of their babies because of lack of money, we normally arrange for wealthy parents who have no children but in need of children, to come and buy from us and take them away. We issue receipts of payment to them, we don’t steal the children as police are alleging but the mothers of these children in most cases opt for their children to be sold. Some of them don’t even know the men who impregnate them while some would be hiding from their parents. So we actually help them to solve their problems”

Another among them also said “We were just helping out some persons who are in need. We are not human traffickers even though we make money from it. The mothers of the babies wanted to throw them away so we came to assist these young girls so that they would not throw away the babies or kill them.”

But the Commissioner of Police in the State, Alkali Baba Usman, told Journalist that upon information that there is an inter-state human and child trafficking syndicate cell in Asaba, SARS operatives proactively arrested the gang leader of the syndicate, saying that the suspect and her husband allegedly confessed to the crime and led the officers to their different hideouts in Anambra, Akwa-Ibom and Cross Rivers States where five of the children adopted for sale were rescued.