The Oyo State Police Command has rescued a one-month-old baby girl allegedly sold by her mother for N2m to a person identified as Folawewo in Ido Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday in Ibadan.
Ayanlade alleged that the owner of a health facility facilitated the sale of the baby girl after her mother delivered there.
The police spokesperson said a woman, Mary Amos, reported the incident to the police on Thursday at about 6pm.
According to him, the complainant alleged that her 23-year-old daughter gave birth to a baby girl on September 6 at Ebepraise Health Centre, Ido.
“She further reported that her daughter disappeared with the baby about seven days after delivery and could not provide a satisfactory account of the child’s whereabouts, raising suspicions that the baby might
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