Japa; I convinced my Wife to let us s£ll our Child to fund our relocation to abroad —Husband
A 28-year-old man, Uchenna Eziekwe, and his wife, Chineye, have been arrested in Lagos for allegedly attempting to sell their two-year-old baby.
The police report that the couple planned to use the proceeds from selling their child to relocate to Canada in search of a better life.
The couple was apprehended by officers from the Isolo Divisional Police Station following a tip-off from the management of Isolo General Hospital. Uchenna and Chineye had reportedly expressed their intention to sell their baby boy at the hospital.
The hospital staff alerted the police after initially agreeing to the couple’s request.
The couple cited the severe economic hardship in the country as the reason for their actions and pleaded for forgiveness.
“It was a difficult decision, but we had no choice but to sell our baby. We felt it would be better to sell him to someone who can take care of him than to allow him to die of hunger,” Uchenna told journalists.
He admitted, “The idea was mine. I convinced my wife, though it wasn’t easy,” during his parade at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja.
Lagos State Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, who paraded the suspects, said, “On Tuesday, around 2:45 pm, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Isolo Police Station received information that a couple went to Isolo General Hospital and declared their intention to sell their baby boy.
“Upon receipt of the information, operatives from the station moved swiftly to the hospital, where Uchenna Eziekwe, 28, and Chineye Eziekwe, 22, were about to sell their child.
“The baby, a little boy aged 2, was rescued. Upon interrogation, the couple stated that they decided to sell the baby to enable the man to travel to Canada for a greener pasture,” Hundeyin said.
