A commercial sex worker in Bayelsa State, weekend, gave
birth to a baby girl and sold the child for N20,000 at the Ovom suburb of
Yenagoa.According to a Police source, the child, a day old, was sold to a
family in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.It was learnt that the commercial sex
worker operates around the popular red light zone of Ovom along the D.S.P.
Alamieyeseigha area, in the state capital.Spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police
Command, Mr. Alex Akhigbe, when contacted, confirmed the incident, saying
investigation into the incident traced the family involved in the unholy sale
to Port Harcourt, Rivers State.Akhigbe said: “Though the details of the
investigation are sketchy, the special unit of the police is on its way to
effect the recovery of the baby and arrest the family that bought the
child.”
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