The Cross River Police Command yesterday said it had arrested a couple for allegedly selling their six-year-old daughter for N400,000.
Parading the couple before reporters in Calabar, the state capital, Police Commissioner Hafiz Inuwa said the suspects were arrested in Ikom Local Government Area on April 26, following a tip-off.
Inuwa said the couple sold the child to enable them pay their house rent and open up a small provision shop.
He said: “On April 26, following a tip-off, our men arrested a couple, George-Sunday Udoh and his wife, Victoria, for allegedly selling their daughter for N400,000.
“The suspects were arrested by our operatives attached to the Ikom Division.
“The case has been transferred to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) here in Calabar and investigation is ongoing.”
The father of the child denied selling the child in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He said: “It is true that we don’t have money and things are very hard with me and my wife, but we did not sell our baby for N400,000.”
NAN reports that the police commissioner also paraded 28 suspected robbers, cultists and others for various offences.
The commissioner said on May 2, officers attached to the Akamkpa Local Police Division arrested five suspected robbers, who allegedly broke into a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members’ lodge at Government Secondary School at Akamkpa.
He said the suspects stole a laptop, handset and N3,800, adding that the police has begun investigation into the matter.
Inuwa said: “On May 3, we also arrested a security guard at Ekorinim area of Calabar Municipality for defiling the 11-year-old daughter of his boss.
“The case was reported by the mother of the girl.”
The suspect told NAN he had a mutual agreement with the girl before he had sex with her.
He said: “I did not defile nor rape her; We both agreed to have sex. I was arrested four days after the incident.”
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