The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old woman, Oluchi Mba, for allegedly selling her seven-day-old baby for N350,000 in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area.
Oluchi allegedly sold the baby, who she reportedly claimed was a stillborn, to a 55-year-old woman, Edith Obiakor of Akudo Street, Nkpor.
The Nation gathered that Obiakor resold the baby to her in-law, Vitus Aniunoh, 50, of Patterson Street, Fegge in Onitsha, for N650,000.
Police spokesman Haruna Mohammed, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said the suspects had been arrested while the baby had been recovered.
He added: “ At 5.30 p.m on September 15, following intelligence report, detectives attached to Ogidi Division arrested a 28-year-old woman, Oluchi Mba, of Ikenga Ogidi.
“The suspect confessed to have sold her seven-day-old baby (who she earlier claimed was a stillborn) to Edith Obiakor, 55, of Akudos Street, Nkpor, for N350,000 paid into her account.”
The spokesman said the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.