Ebun Francis || A woman on Tuesday shocked officers and other members of the public at Ogun State Police Command Headquarters by confessing that she sold her three years old daughter for N280,000 to enable her to pay a crippling debt.
She made the confession at the Ogun State Police Headquarters, Eleweran, where she was paraded along with two other women, Abibat Oyesanya and Morenike Shittu for engaging in child trafficking.
The woman, Olubunmi Funke, a single mother told the police she sold her three years old daughter to one Abibat Oyesanya, a member of child trafficking ring.
Funke who said she even took to prostitution to raise money to pay the debt when her husband sent her away from matrimonial home, added the syndicate who allegedly specialized in child stealing and kidnapping in South West, bought the little girl off her for N280,000.
Funke said, “I gave out my three-year-old daughter to Abibat Oyesanya who is into local adoption business. But she promised me that I would be allowed to visit my daughter once in three months.
“I am a prostitute. I engaged in prostitution after my first husband sent me packing. So, I decided to give out my daughter to the woman who gave me N280, 000. I used the money to offset my debt.
“The woman also requested for more children based on more demands for those adopting children. That is why I kidnapped the baby girl in Bodija, Ojurin, Ibadan, and brought it to the woman.”
The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said the suspects were arrested as part of “ember month mop-up operations of the Command.”
IIiyasu pledged to rid the state of criminal elements.