The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old mother identified as Blessing Agoro for allegedly selling her two daughters Semilore and Deborah Agoro, for the sum of N300,000.
According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the force was tipped off by the suspect’s husband identified as Oluwaseyi Agoro.
The PUNCH reports that the husband, Agoro, lodged a complaint at Redeemed Camp divisional headquarters, noting that he couldn’t find his daughters, Semilore (four) and Deborah (two) after he returned from a journey last week Tuesday.
The PPRO said, “The man stated further that all efforts to make his wife tell him the whereabouts of the children proved abortive, hence his report.
“Upon the report, the DPO, Redeemed Camp division, CSP Alabi Akinjide, detailed his detectives to apprehend the suspect, who had already been with the camp’s code of conduct department.
“On interrogation, the suspect explained to the police that, her husband left home for the past two years, and while he was away, she found it difficult to cater for the two children with her other two children she had for another man.
“She stated further that while she was contemplating on what to do, one Kolawole Imoleayo introduced her to a couple in Port Harcourt who are in dare need of children, and she sold the two daughters to the couple at the rate of three hundred thousand naira (300,000).
“Her confession led to the arrest of the said intermediary, Kolawole Imoleayo. They are both assisting the police in their investigation.”
The Commissioner of police Edward Ajogun has ordered the force to prioritise the rescue of the children and as well ordered the transfer of the suspects to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation, Oyeyemi added.
