Lagos Couple Arrested For Attempting To Sell Two-Year-Old Child, Allegedly To Fund Overseas Relocation

Ikeja, Lagos State– Uchenna Eziekwe, 28, a labourer, and his wife Chineye have been arrested by Lagos police for allegedly trying to sell their two-year-old child.

The couple reportedly planned to use the money from selling the baby to move to Canada, seeking a better life there.

Police from Isolo Divisional Police Station arrested the couple following a tip-off from Isolo General Hospital management.

The hospital management later informed the police at Isolo Division after agreeing to do the couple’s bidding.

They attributed their actions to the current hardships in the country and appealed for forgiveness.

Uchenna, while speaking to journalists, said, “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.”

He said, “The idea was mine. I convinced my wife, though it wasn’t easy,” Uchenna confessed when he was paraded at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja.

While parading the suspects at the state headquarters, the command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the couple reportedly declared their intention to sell their baby boy at Isolo General Hospital, in the Isolo area of the state.

According to Hundeyin, “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,” he said.