A middle-aged palm tree harvester, George Maduabuchi, from Owerrinta in
the Isiala-Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State is in the police net
for allegedly selling his 14-month-old son for N300,000.
The father of four was said to have connived with another suspect,
Obinna Erondu, now at large, to perpetrate the act.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joshak Habila, who paraded the suspect
along with other suspected criminals on Thursday, said, “Luck ran out on
Maduabuchi when the wife alerted the police on his questionable role when the
baby fell ill and he took him out and did not return with him.”
But the suspect said that he did not sell his son, but only took him to
a herbalist when he took ill.
He said, “The herbalist gave me money and told me that he could not heal
the baby. I therefore left the baby in the herbalist’s home.”
But his explanation was countered by his wife, Eberechi, who said he
took their son, who had a cough to the said herbalist, but instead of returning
with the baby, rather came back with bundles of money.
She said, “When I demanded explanations on the whereabouts of our son,
he could not offer any convincing answer.”
The wife, who is also pregnant, said she raised the alarm, which
attracted neighbours who helped to arrest the husband.
The neighbours subsequently alerted the police, who picked up the
husband who later led the police to the herbalist’s house at Owerrinta where
the boy was recovered .
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