Rivers Police Recover Baby Sold For N1.4M In Owerri

River State Police in Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt have recovered 14-day-old baby who was allegedly sold by one Victoria Joseph Christopher in Owerri for N1.4 million.

The baby was just four days old when the grand mother allegedly sold it in Owerri before the intervention of police.

The father of the child, Christain Duru who confirmed the development in told Journalists said he was elated when the Police called him on phone to come to the station to take his baby and also informed him that the child was found and recovered in Imo State.

Duru commended the Trans Amadi Police officers and a human rights organization, Centre For Basic Rights Protection And Accountability Campaign for their efforts in rescuing his baby.

Narrating her ordeal, the mother of the child, Antonia Christopher Joseph ,disclosed that getting close to her expected delivery date, her mother took her to Imo State to deliver.

Antonia revealed that after she delivered the baby, her mother allegedly connived with the midwives/nurses to sell the baby and threatened her not to disclose what transpired.