A couple, Uchenna Eziekwe, 28, and Chineye Eziekwe, 22, have been arrested in their course to sell their 2-year-old child, and use the proceeds to fund their relocation to Canada.
The incident happened in Lagos at Isolo General Hospital, located in the Isolo area of Lagos State where the couple went to sell the child following which the hospital management blew the whistle on them to the police
According to report, under police interrogation, the Eziekwes confessed to the crime citing economic hardship, saying, they needed money to perfect travelling documents for relocation to Canada.
They also expressed remorse and pleaded for forgiveness, stating that they believed selling their child to someone who could provide for him was preferable to letting him suffer from hunger.
Uchenna Eziekwe, while being paraded at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja, admitted that the decision was difficult but felt necessary given their circumstances.
The command spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that the couple was apprehended on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, as they were in the process of selling the child. The child was rescued and is safe, while investigations into the matter continue.
