…Police arrest couple during naming ceremony
CITIZENS COMPASS–A suspected child trafficker, Gloria Sunday ‘f’, has allegedly sold a Two-month old baby to a pastor, Peter Udoh ‘m’, at the rate of N500,000 in Lagos State.
Detectives from Oko-oba Division swung into action, rescued the baby and reunited him with his biological mother.
The incident has led to the arrest of Gloria and other suspected child traffickers following a report from the mother of the baby.
Citizens Compass reports that the baby’s mother reported that on July 11, 2024, Gloria absconded with her son to an unknown destination.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed to selling the baby for Five Hundred Thousand Naira (₦500,000) to the Pastor Peter Udoh ‘m’.
Pastor Udoh who was subsequently arrested in Ikene Town, Ogun State, admitted reselling the child for One Million, Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (₦1,450,000) to one Loretta Nelson ‘f’ who was then also apprehended in Festac Town, Lagos.
She confessed to selling the baby for Two Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (₦2,350,000).
Further investigations led to the arrest of the final buyers of the baby, Mr. and Mrs. James Uwam,
during the naming ceremony of the stolen child.
Confirming the incident in a statement, on Saturday, spokesman, Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said, “All suspects will be arraigned in court at the conclusion of investigation.”
