Woman, 25, Arrested While Negotiating To Sell Daughter To Buyer

MICHAEL AKINOLA 

 

A 25-year-old woman, Yetunde Gbadebo, has been arrested by operatives from the Ogun State Police Command over an alleged attempt to sell her 3-year old daughter to a buyer. 

 

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened on 25th July, 2024, at Aladiye Street in Sagamu  area of Ogun State.

 

While negotiating with a 38-year old buyer, Mr. Sunday None, for N700,000, a resident who witnessed the negotiation alerted the Police and the suspects were apprehended and detained at the station for interrogation over their alleged conduct.

This was disclosed by the Police spokesperson for the Command, Omolola Odutola. She said that while the woman, Gbadebo, denied the allegation, the supposed buyer, Mr. 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.”

 

The suspects will be charged before Court for the alleged offence under the Criminal Laws of the State but that will be after the conclusion of investigations by the Police.