Two women sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for selling one-year-old boy stolen from his mother in Calabar
Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross
River has sentenced two females to 5 years imprisonment for selling a
one-year-old boy.
22-year-old Uduak Uwem Sunday and 18-year-old Blessing Etim Asuquo, were
arrested by officials of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in
Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) on April 18, 2023.
Delivering judgement at the Federal High
Court, 1, in Calabar on Thursday, June 8, 2023. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu sentenced
the culprits to 5 years imprisonment respectively with a fine of N2 million.
A source from the agency who pleaded
anonymity told the publication that the child, Christian Samuel was stolen and
sold to a buyer at Technical Round About along Muritala Muhammed Highway in
Calabar for the sum of N150.000.
They women also claimed not to know where the
baby was taken to or the contact of the buyers.
"The child is a baby boy, Christian
Samuel. The suspects refused to mention who they sold the child to and where
the child is taken to. They only revealed that they took the child to Technical
Round About, along the highway where they did the transaction, and got the
buyer who bought the child for N150,000. I don’t know whether they took an oath
that they will not reveal themselves, because all efforts, all pampering while
they were in custody, they still didn’t reveal the information.
“It was so pathetic watching the mother of
the child crying yesterday at the court.” the source stated.
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