The suspect
The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a man, Mr.
Abraham Moses Udoh, for allegedly selling his two-year-old son, Elisha,
for N150, 000 in Calabar.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, told journalists
on Wednesday that Udoh’s wife reported the matter after realizing her
husband had sold their son.
Inuwa said: “On July 24 at about 0200hrs, a case of child
trafficking was reported at Uwanse Divisional Police headquarters,
Calabar, by one Mrs. Esther Abraham of No 2 Amika Utuk Street, Calabar,
against her husband, Mr. Abraham Moses, who stole her two- year old boy,
Elisha Abraham, without her consent.
"Upon investigation, the father of Elisha, was interrogated and
he revealed that his child, Elisha, was sold by him to an unknown woman
residing in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, at the sum of N150, 000.
"The sum of N100, 300 was recovered from him and registered as
exhibit. Investigation is in progress to arrest the alleged buyer and
recover the child before they could be charged to court."
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