Mr Daniel Bassey and his wife, Magdalene have been arrested for selling their two-year-old son for N180,000 to an agent in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The couple, Daniel and Magdalene Bassey
Parading the couple and 78 other suspects involved in various crimes at the headquarters of the Cross River State, Police Command in Calabar, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, said; “The duo are arrested on July 23, 2018 in Calabar after a report by the mother of the child.”
“On July 23, 2018, one Mrs Magdalene Bassey, reported at Efut Divisional Headquarters in Calabar that her husband, Mr Daniel Bassey, took their first son to an unknown person in Port Harcourt through one woman called Mummy.”
“The police immediately swung into action and arrested the suspect. During interrogation, the suspect revealed that his wife was a party to the transaction. They are now in police custody to help the police to unravel the cause of this inhuman action and face possible prosecution.”
Daniel Bassey confessed that; “I did it based on the debt of N21,000 I collected from a friend to pay my house rent. There is no work in this rainy season and I am jobless. A guy from my area informed me that he knows a woman who lends money to people.”
“That my friend told me that I can give out the child as collateral to get the money without necessarily selling him. The woman gave me N180,000 immediately after she received the child.”
“After that, my mother in-law came and asked me of the child and I lied to her that I took the baby to my brother for holiday.”