Woman Sold Baby For 250,000k In Edo State

Poverty is more painful than disease known by man, its no respecter of race, sex or status. It has teeth to bites, and it is the worst sickness anyone can suffer.

This is the story of a Nigerian woman from Edo state who has been arrested by local police for selling her six-week-old baby allegedly to buy a cell phone with the proceeds.

According to a report by Punch Metro, the 23-year-old accused woman, Miracle Johnson had allegedly sold her baby, Greatness, to an orphanage in exchange for N250,000.

A sum of 250,000 Nigerian Naira is the equivalent of 100,000 Dollars.

Johnson Kukome, the Commissioner of Police whose team is investigating the matter, called it a serious offence.

During the interrogation, Johnson told police authorities that she was persuaded to sell her infant to an orphanage in Anambra state’s Onitsha by her friend, Mama Joy who is currently on the run.

Johnson further informed the authorities that her friend told her to use the proceeds to buy her husband a motorcycle or help him start a business.