Prostitute Sells Her Two-Year Child In Lagos
The Lagos State police command have arrested a woman, known as Grace Onome, for allegedly selling her two-year-old daughter in the Badagry area of the state.
Onome was reportedly nabbed on Saturday alongside four accomplices by the Badagry Police Division after an intel.
As at the time of filing this report it was gathered that the sold daughter, identified as Zainab, had yet to be found.
Onome, who worked as a commercial sex worker in the Mobil area of Badagry, allegedly sold Zainab to another sex worker, identified only as Endurance.
A police source at the division affirmed operatives were on the trail of Endurance in order to rescue Zainab.
In his word: “It was on Saturday that Grace (Onome) and Endurance had the transaction. They are both commercial sex workers in the area.
“Endurance gave Zainab’s mother N50,000, before taking the girl away. The mother said she used the money to buy a few things for herself.
“The fleeing buyer is of no fixed address. But the police are on her trail.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, however confirmed Onome’s arrest. While stating that efforts were ongoing to track the suspected buyer of the girl.
“The mother has been arrested and she confessed to be a commercial sex worker. Effort is ongoing to track the fleeing suspected buyer and the child.” She said.
