A17 year old Tessy Obianua, has been
arrested alongside a couple for selling her baby.
Without the knowledge of her parents
Mr and Mrs Henry Obianua , Tessy left with another man Jude Azuka for Onitsha,
to escape the prying eyes of neighbours and others who may jest of her.
The father was said to have been
flabbergasted when Tessy who disappeared with the five month old pregnancy
re-surfaced after nine months without a baby which was the evidence of the
pregnancy.
Meanwhile, when Tessy disappeared,
the father had lodged a complaint via a petition at the Police station that her
pregnant daughter was missing and detectives were deployed to smoke her out
with the pregnancy.
But a Police source hinted that Jude
who was a neighbour of Tessy’s parents seized the opportunity of her condition
to lure her to Onitsha where he promised to link her to a “ good Samaritan”
that will take care of her,the pregnancy and even the baby after birth. Tessy
was ferried to Onitsha and put in the custody of Mrs Chibuzor Okoye who housed
her until she gave birth to a baby girl which she also helped her nurse.
Unknown to Tessy that Jude was one
of the agents of Mrs Okoye who is a child trafficker, she was reportedly given
special treatment throughout her stay with the Mrs Okoye at No 3 Tonny Olisa
street Awada in Onitsha.
When she was put in the picture of
what would be the fate of her “unwanted child” Tessy according to the Police
source had no choice than to agree with them.
While Tessy and the little baby were
enjoying the luxury provided by Mrs Okoye, a deal had been struck on how much a
desperate couple who had been looking for a baby was willing to pay on her.
Police source said that a drama
ensued when the couple came to the house of Mrs Okoye to collect the baby after
the payment of N500,000. Tessy was said to have put up a fight, vowing she
would not let go her baby and it reportedly took the intervention of Jude who
brought her to Onitsha before she allowed the couple Mr and Mrs Sunday Kalu to
go with her.
Sensing that Tessy may have a
re-think and probably want to make trouble, they suggested to both Jude and Mrs
Okoye that she (Tessy) should sign an undertaking that she would never come
back for the baby.
After that was done, the baby was
taken away and Tessy was settled with N30,000 cash while some new clothes and
shoes were equally bought for her from the sale of her baby girl.
But the 17-year old girl in an
interview denied having knowledge of the whole transaction saying she was
handed N30,000 after she discovered that her baby had disappeared while she was
asleep. She said that she later learnt from Jude that N500,000 was collected by
them from a couple in need of a baby.
Tessy said when she was paraded
alongside with four other suspects of the child trafficking and the couple that
Mrs Okoye and Jude should be held responsible for the disappearance of her
baby.
She said because she was not in
support of the sale of the baby that was why she exposed the child trafficker
to her uncle who informed the police and she was arrested.
The story told by Mrs Okoye differed
as she said that Tessy was lying and that she was handed over her share of the
money while Jude also collected his share.
She said that N200,000 was given to
Jude out of the sales while she took N300,000. The burble reportedly burst when
Tessy after she re-surfaced didn’t come with a baby and the father became
suspicious and raised alarm.
It was learnt that she later
confessed that their neighbour, Jude and one Mrs Okoye sold her baby girl to a
couple in Onitsha, Anambra state.
Detectives later traced both Mrs
Okoye and Jude to Onitsha where they were both apprehended and brought back to
Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The five suspects are presently
cooling their heels at the Criminal Investigation Bureau CID division of the
state police command.
It was learnt that the couple were
later arrested at their No. 8 Uzogwu street Onitsha. Child trafficking The
Police Image Maker Femi Joseph confirmed the incident saying that the child
trafficker and four others are in their custody undergoing interrogation.
Joseph said “through investigation
to Onisha, the police arrested Okoye,who specialized in child trafficking at
No. 3, Tonny Olisa Street Awada in Onitsha “It was Okoye, who sold the baby
girl to the couple at No. 8, Uzogwu street Onitsha for the sum of N500,000.
“She claimed to have given Jude the
sum of N200,000 out of which Jude claimed to have bought clothes and shoes for
Tessy and also gave her N30,000 cash. “Mrs Okoye thereafter forced Tessy, to
sign an undertaking that she would never come back for the baby.” The suspects,
according to him, would be charged to court after their investigations.”
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