A commercial sex worker in Bayelsa State, weekend, gave birth to a baby girl and sold the child for ₦20,000 at the Ovom suburb of Yenagoa.
According to a Police source, the child, a day old, was sold to a family in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was learnt that the commercial sex worker operates around the popular red light zone of Ovom along the D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha area, in the state capital.
Spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr. Alex Akhigbe, when contacted, confirmed the incident, saying investigation into the incident traced the family involved in the unholy sale to Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Akhigbe said:
"Though the details of the investigation are sketchy, the special unit of the police is on its way to effect the recovery of the baby and arrest the family that bought the child."
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