Police in Katsina have arrested a woman suspected to be a commercial sex worker for allegedly selling her 4-month-old baby.
SP Isah Gambo, Police Spokesman in the state, alleged that the suspect, Zainab Adamu, otherwise known as Justina, aged 25, conspired with her friend, Ruth Kenneth, and sold the baby for N300,000.
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He added that in the course of the investigation, another suspect, one Chukwudi Elias Nnali, aged 45yrs of the same address, brother to Chinwindi Omeh, was also arrested for aiding and abetting the commission of the offence.
Gambo said the sums of N165,000 and N85,000 were recovered from Zainab Adamu and Ruth Kenneth respectively as proceeds of the sale of the baby while an investigation into the matter was ongoing.