Man held for selling son

Suspects; Eberechi and the son
| credits: Stephen Ukandu

A man whose name was given as George Maduabuchi, residing in Owerrinta in the Isiala-Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State is now being by the police for allegedly selling his 14-month-old son for N300,000.

George Maduabuchi, father of four had connived with another suspect, Obinna Erondu, now at large, to commit the offence.

Parading the suspect, the Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joshak Habila, said, “Luck ran out on Maduabuchi when the wife alerted the police on his questionable role when the baby fell ill and he took him out and did not return with him.”

But the suspect told A Punch Correspondent that he did not sell his son, but only took him to a herbalist when he took ill.

According to him, the herbalist gave him money on the ground that he could not heal the baby. "I therefore left the baby in the herbalist’s home.”

But his explanation was countered by his wife, Eberechi, who said he took their son, who had a cough to the said herbalist, but instead of returning with the baby, her husband returned home with bundles of money.

She said, “When I demanded explanations on the whereabouts of our son, he could not offer any convincing answer.”

The wife, who is also pregnant, said she raised the alarm, which attracted neighbours who helped to arrest the husband.

 

Source: PUNCH.