The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a couple (name withheld), over an alleged attempt to sell their two-year-old son to travel to Canada.
The
spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Thursday.
Hundeyin
said that the couple, aged 28 and 22, were arrested on Tuesday while attempting
to sell the boy off.
The
PPRO said that on Tuesday, at about 2.45 p.m., the Isolo Divisional Police
Officer (DPO) 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 they were about to sell their child," he said.
“The
baby’s age is two and he has been rescued. Upon interrogation, the couple
confessed that they decided to sell the baby to enable the man to travel to
Canada for a greener pasture.
“However,
the investigation is ongoing,” he added.
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