2 civil servants, 2 other women arrested for selling newborn for N1.5 million

Four Nigerian women have been arrested for allegedly selling a newborn for the sum of N1,500,000.

The women, who were arrested by the officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), were paraded before newsmen.

Among the suspects include two civil servants with the Federal Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, LIB reports.

Legit.ng gathers that Bernadette Ihezuo works with the finance ministry while Cecilia Onyema works with the ministry of agriculture and rural development

Report has it that the third suspect identified as Okasi Ekeoma is Onyema’s sister, while the fourth suspect is the baby’s grandmother Harrieth Nmezi who resides in Imo state.

The officials of NAPTIP said the mother of the child, who is a teenager, got pregnant while staying with her mother.

The mother was said to have taken her to Onyema's residence where she lived until she delivered her baby.

After the teenage girl delivered her baby, the child was taken from her and sold off.

The culprits were arrested following a tip-off and the baby rescued. The suspects, who reportedly confessed to the crime, will be arraigned in court soon.