Calabar Couple Jailed for Trying to Sell Their One Year Old Son for N800,000

(High Court. Photo by Nation News)
A Federal High Court in Calabar has jailed a couple for five years each after they tried to sell their one year old son for N800000.

The court handed the sentence down on Wednesday.

Justice Rosemary Oghoghorie convicted Emmanuel Okechukwu Ogbodo, 28, and Peace Ufeabuchi Nnamonu, 22, on two counts of conspiracy and attempted child trafficking.

The couple pleaded guilty to the charges, which were filed on October 12 and read to them on November 3.

On the first count, each got five years. On the second, each got two and a half years.

The sentences will run at the same time and will count from the day each of them was arrested.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Cross River Command, says the sale was stopped after the intended buyer tipped off the agency.

The convictions were made under Sections 27 and 29 of the Trafficking in Persons Prohibition Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.