The General overseer of a Pentecostal
church in Akwa Ibom state identified as Pastor John and his wife, Deborah
pictured above have been arrested by the Akwa Ibom state police command for
allegedly kidnapping a new born baby with the intent of selling him to a child
trafficking syndicate at Nung Ukot Itam, Itu LGA of the state for N300,000.
According to Sunnews, the couple would
adopt little babies in the guise that they want to raise them and then they
would sell the children to their child trafficking syndicate.
Confessing to the crime, Pastor John said
“We have the mission to train children and
suddenly we changed our mind, when my wife and I ventured into selling of a new
baby for N200,000.00 or N300,000.00 since we have a syndicate who could sell it
for us’’ he said.
The police say he will soon be charged to
court.
In a related development, the state police
have arrested one lady simply identified as Sabbath for selling her 5 day old
baby for N90, 000. Sabbath gave birth to a set of twins and decided to sell one
of them, blaming it on poverty.
When interrogated, she said ‘It was poverty
that led me into this mess. It is true that I sold one of my twins for
N90,000.00 to Mr Akpanam and Mr Samuel to be able to train the other baby. My
husband’s family should forgive me for what I have done, it was poverty that
led me into this’ she said.
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