Saturday, December 20, 2025 -The Delta state police command has arrested a 39-year-old mother identified as Rita Ughale, who sold her two-month-old baby
A statement from the command's spokesperson, SP Bright
Edafe, says on December 15 at about 6.40pm, the upect who hail from Kokori,
Ethiope East Local Government Area, reported at the Ekpan Police Division that
her two-month-old baby was snatched from her during a robbery incident while
transiting in a tricycle.
Upon receipt of the report, the Divisional Police Officer
(DPO), Ekpan Division, CSP Labe Joseph, immediately mobilised operatives of the
Division and coordinated a swift search and rescue operation.
‘’During the
course of the investigation, inconsistencies and suspicious conduct observed in
the complainant’s narrative prompted further interrogation. The complainant
subsequently confessed that the report was staged, and revealed that she had
sold her child aged two (2) months old to one Osas Omijie, male, aged 39 years,
and Judith Omijie, female, aged 30 years, for the sum of One Million Five
Hundred Thousand Naira (N1,500,000)'' he said
Edafe added that the suspects were arrested, and the infant
was successfully rescued and is safe. He further stated that all suspects are
currently in custody while investigation continues, with efforts intensified to
arrest other accomplices for prosecution.
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