How 20-Year-Old Girl Was Caught Selling Her 2-Weeks Old Baby In Calabar

A 20-year-old girl, Maria Ekanem, has been arrested by the police in Calabar for selling her 2-weeks- old baby for 20,000 Naira.

According to Vanguard, Maria who was arrested with five other people stated that poverty and not having a place to stay after she gave birth made her sell her baby girl.

Maria stated that she would have aborted the baby when her asked her to but did not because a doctor helped her with free antenatal care and food until she gave birth. After giving birth she agreed to sell the baby when arrangements were made.

Maria was caught when Maria Elemi, whose parents Maria was living with after she delivered the baby learnt of her plans.

Elemi said: “When I came back from school on Monday, Maria told me she wanted to take the baby to the parents of the boy who impregnated her since she can no longer cope with taking care of the baby.

Elemi said when they got to Fuller by Inyang Street in Calabar South, Maria gave the girl to a matron who handed her over to the buyer in an SUV.

She said:  “The woman gave Maria N20,000 and asked her to pay the nurse at the Evangel Clinic and use the rest for herself.”

Elemi became suspicious when the driver of the SUV told the woman with the baby that her husband said she should take her to the airport to catch a flight to Abuja .

Elempi said: “I started wondering why they should take the girl to the airport when the boyfriend to Maria and her parents live here in Calabar.

Paraded along with Maria were a 55-year-old medical doctor, Okokon Offiong Okoho, the proprietor of Evangel Clinic,of 2, Atu Street; a 70-year-old matron of Sadatoe Maternity located at Umoh Street and a nurse at the maternity who allegedly made the plans to sell the girl.

The Police stated that investigations were ongoing to capture the buyer of the girl who is now on the run.