The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old woman, identified as Yetunde Gbadebo, who attempted to sell her three-year-old daughter in the state.
The suspect was caught on the morning of July 25, 2024, on Aladiye Street in Sagamu, while she was negotiating with a 38-year-old man identified as Sunday None to sell the baby for N700,000.
A resident who witnessed the negotiation alerted the police and the suspects were apprehended.
The spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, told Punch that Gbadebo denied the allegation, while None had confessed to the crime.
She said, “The woman was about to sell her three-year-old daughter to another suspect. A resident who saw the two suspects negotiating the price approached our station in Sagamu to report what she saw.
“The Sagamu Police Division detached a team of detectives who stormed the scene and arrested the two suspects. The man has confessed to the crime.
“The case will be transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department as soon preliminary findings are concluded.”