Woman narrates why she sold her 3 months old baby for N150k

A young new mother has confessed to selling her 3 months old baby for over N150k. 

 

The new mother who identified herself as Mercy Okon was apprehended by the local police force after sealing the deal to give out her baby to a man who she was initially told was going to marry her. 

 

Mercy Okon while speaking to vanguard revealed that she sold her baby for N150k in order to be able to pay her house rent. According to her, she is a single mother of three who is into food business.

 

Mercy told Vanguard she had dropped her two older children with her mother to enable her concentrate on her food business.

Speaking on her 3 months old baby’s father, she said the man had abandoned her when she was 6 months pregnant with the child.

Mercy’s words in quotes; 

 

I have never done this before, my baby that I sold for N150k was to be able to raise money for house rents and sort myself out as it concerns other bills.

The father of the baby left us when I was six months pregnant, I had no choice as things were really hard for me, so I had to give out the baby, but initially the person who linked me up told me that, his brother wanted to marry me.

It was from there that I was offered N150k which I collected before handing over my three months old baby to them and in the process, police got involved and I was arrested.

 

According to Vanguard, efforts are being made by the police to arrest the other parties involved in the child trading. 

 

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