A 26-year-old mother, identified as Rachael, has confessed to selling her two-week-old baby for ₦600,000 due to financial hardship and her inability to cater for the child.
According to reports, the baby was later resold for ₦4 million to a 42-year-old woman seeking to adopt a child. However, Rachael only received a fraction of the money, while the broker pocketed the rest.
The Delta State Police Command, through its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Bright Edafe, paraded Rachael along with two accomplices involved in the transaction.
She said she is a mother of one other male child, and that she had to give away the two-week-old baby girl because she was finding it difficult to take care of the two children.
She said the father of the two-week-old baby denied paternity of the child who she said she gave birth to on January 27, 2025.
“I gave the baby away because I am the only one taking care of the child,” Rachael said.
On how she coped while she was pregnant, she said: “l took care of myself, I struggled, I was going to people’s compound to clean and do some other chores.”
She said she was introduced to a woman who she asked to help her because she was not financially strong enough to cater for two children.
Rachael said: “The woman gave me N600,000 and said I should settle her and I gave her N30,000.”
Meanwhile, the woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, said she sold the child for N3.5 million and admitted that she gave the mother N600,000.
She said the mother of the child told her that she wanted to use the money to start a business.
The 42-year-old woman who had sought to adopt the child said she paid N4 million.
According to her, she was assurred that the documents for the adoption of the child were being processed and the adoption process was legal.
