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Couple sells day-old baby to pay debt

written by Esther faroye October 18, 2018

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris Special Monitoring Team in Rivers State, led by Bennett Igweh, a deputy commissioner of Police (DCP), has bust a notorious child trafficking syndicate.

It was allegedly operated by Eucharia Jaja, an auxiliary nurse and her husband, Uche Jaja, a tailor, at Afrique Hotel in Oyibo Local Government of Rivers State.

The police, following a tip-off, uncovered the syndicate, and swooped on young, expectant mothers, who intended to traffick their babies.

Thirteen were arrested. Among them is a couple, Richard and Chidinma Benson, who sold their one-day-old baby to the Jajas for five hundred and fifty thousand naira, to enable them pay their ten thousand five hundred naira debt and relocate from Isiala-ngwa North in Abia State to Umuahia, the state capital.

The couple said they only made two hundred and fifty thousand naira after ‘settling’ their accomplices.

When asked about the baby, the Jajas said they did not know, as it had been sold.

They added that the latest trafficking was the fourth they had carried out in the last 12 months.

Mrs. Jaja confessed the day-old baby was sold for seven hundred and fifty thousand.

Others arrested are couple, Chika and Rose Onyia, from Enugu State, who linked the Jajas to the buyers.

The Onyias have six children.

Narrating how she got into the business, Mrs. Jaja, from Nkoro in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government of Rivers State said she learnt the trade from her late employer, who was a traditional birth attendant.

She said: ”I have been in the trade for one year. I was introduced to it by Rose, my former employer. She is now late. I worked for Rose, an herbalist who specialized in treating women and expectant mothers.”

Speaking on the involvement of her husband, Mrs Jaja said: “He drives me whenever I am going out for business. He does not see me with the babies because I don’t bring them to the house.

“I have four children. I’ve not sold any of my children.”

Igweh said the command under Commissioner Zaki Ahmed would rid the state of child trafficking and other crimes.

He urged the public to inform the police about the activities of criminals.

 

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