A Nigerian sex worker,32 simply known as Victoria Chekwube who was staying at the recently destroyed market along the Ogbee Hausa axis, in the Abakaliki metropolis has been arrested by the police in Ebonyi State for attempting to sell her four months old baby boy as a result of hunger and other economic hardship.
Victoria who became pregnant, for a yet-to-be-identified man, said she needed to sell the child to raise money to start a business of selling drinks.
It was gathered that some well-meaning individuals, whom she accosted and indicated her intent to sell her baby boy little Victus Chekwube, notified the police about her plan, which led to her arrest, thereafter.
“One of my customers, who paid me N5,000, slept with me without condom and after that day, I missed my period. So, this is why I came to be in this condition. I am suffering and I’m even finding it hard to eat.
This child, four-month-old Victus Chekwube, is my child. But I want to sell my child, because I cannot take care of him. I want to sell it for N40,000. I can’t guarantee the child’s safety, because I am suffering and I want to go look for my future. I want to sell the baby at the rate of N40,000 to start up a business. I have a fridge and I reside at Ogbe Hausa in Abakaliki,” she said.
