The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old woman known as Yetunde Gbadebo, for attempting to sell her three-year-old daughter to raise funds for herself.
The incident took place at Aladiye Street in Sagamu community in Ogun State.
According to reports, the suspect was caught while negotiating a N700,000 price for the toddler with a 38-year-old man identified as Sunday None.
A team of police detectives from the Sagamu Division stormed the area after a resident reported witnessing the duo during the negotiation.
During interrogation, the spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, stated that Gbadebo denied the allegation, while None had confessed to the crime.
She said, “The woman was about to sell her three-year-old daughter to another suspect. A resident who saw the two suspects negotiating the price approached our station in Sagamu to report what she saw.
“The Sagamu Police Division detached a team of detectives who stormed the scene and arrested the two suspects. The man has confessed to the crime.
“The case will be transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department as soon preliminary findings are concluded.”
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