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A’Ibom prophetess who traded two children for N500,000 sentenced to 14 years imprisonment

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A 34-year-old prophetess, Esther Edit Asuqu, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for selling two children for five hundred thousand naira.

It was gathered that Esther and her accomplice, Blessing Akudo Sunday were both sentenced to 14 years imprisonment each.

Justice Okon Okon, the presiding judge, who handed down the judgment said the suspects in September 2013, and others now at large, committed a felony, by child buying and selling, contrary to Section 28 (1) and (2) of the Akwa Ibom State Child Rights Law, 2008.

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According to reports, the prophetess and one Sunday were standing trial with a 72-year-old visually impaired Osueoluka Okoye.

Okoye was, however, discharged and acquitted after the prosecution failed to prove the charges against him beyond a reasonable doubt.

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