Why I sold my 1-month baby for N430,000 - 22 year old mother (pic)
Sun May 25, 2014 11:53 pm
22
year old Chinelo Huma, (pictured above), got pregnant while she was
engaged in prostitution then sold her 1-month baby for N430,000. She has
been arrested alongside three others by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit
of the Enugu State Police Command:
In a news report by Sunnews:
Three
other women, Nkechi Ugochukwu, Maria Asomba and Esther Obi, who
allegedly played roles in the sale of the baby were traced to Onitsha,
Anambra State and arrested by the police.
Enugu State Commissioner of
Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu who disclosed this, told Sunday Sun that Huma
got pregnant while prostituting. Her boyfriend who was not quite ready
to bear the responsibility of fatherhood rejected Huma’s pregnancy.
Incidentally,
Huma already had two children, who were being cared for by her mother.
So having another child out of wedlock was not an idea that appealed to
her one bit and she decided to relieve herself of the burden of caring
for the baby.
See what she said:
“I
am a prostitute. When I became pregnant and it was close to nine
months, my boyfriend rejected it. I decided to sell the baby. When I
gave birth on April 13, 2014, one lady whose name is Maria Asomba,
arranged for the baby to be sold to Mrs. Nkechi Ugochukwu, and she paid
N430, 000, but Asomba gave me N150,000.
“When the police arrested
Ugochukwu, I told them I didn’t want the baby again, because I already
have two children and my mother is taking care of them.
Adamu
explained that 43-year-old Ugochukwu had for long desired to have a
child of her own but was unable to conceive. The arrangement to source
the baby was facilitated by one Esther Obi, who nursed the newborn for
two weeks before handing her over to Ugochukwu.
The Commissioner
of Police further revealed that Asomba, 35, specialized in looking
recruiting pregnant ladies that were willing to dispose of their babies
after giving birth.
The police learnt about the ignoble act,
Adamu said the Head of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, Supol Gloria
Udoka (DSP) and her team swung into action and traced the suspects to a
jungle in Onitsha, where the one-month old was rescued. The police team
also arrested Ugochukwu.
Giving more insight to the sordid affair,
the deputy head of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Supol
Anyai Dennis (CSP) expressed disgust that even after the baby was
recovered, Huma insisted she didn’t want to keep the baby.
Supol
Dennis added that Ugochukwu was reluctant to hand over the baby as she
had led her neighbours to believe she had given birth and would feel a
deeply embarrassed, given that she had made arrangements for the baby
already named as Chinasa.
Expressing her pain at the turn of events, Ugochukwu lamented:
I
have been barren for years and I needed a child. My husband’s kinsmen
have been maligning and making jest of me because I don’t have a child. I
borrowed N430,000 to buy the child; my husband is aware of the baby.
The baby was brought to me on April 17, 2014. When I took the baby to my
compound all my neighbours congratulated me over the new baby;
policemen came and took the baby from me. I don’t want my money back. I
need the baby. I have named the baby Chinasa and I am already planning
to dedicate her in church.
That desire
now appears to be a pipe dream as the Commissioner of Police has given a
firm assurance that all the suspects would be charged to court soon for
human trafficking.